The Chowder Chatter. Newsletter of the Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society A Premiere Sailing Club of Southwest Florida

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1 The Chowder Chatter Newsletter of the Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society A Premiere Sailing Club of Southwest Florida Next Full Moon December 25 December 2013 C o m m o d o r e ' s M e s s a g e Can it be that December is already upon us!!! I am looking forward to cruising over the Next few months, and hope we ll be joined by many members. It s my primary form of realization! The November meeting had a great turnout and it was so nice to welcome back some more of our members who have been away. And we had so many guests as well. Welcome to all! Less I forget, many thanks to all the folks who manned the CMCS Booth at the Ft. Myers Boat Show. Bob & I were on station Sunday. We had a great time meeting and sharing with passersby about our great organization. Several of the guests at Nov. s meeting dropped by because of their introduction at the Boat Show. CMCS is working its way towards years end ~ we have the new Slate of Officers and Directors Commodore Bev Duff introduced and posted in this edition. December meeting we will be voting these volunteers into office. ~ The Calendar Committee has been hard at work putting together the 2014 edition. ~ That said, our Dues are due NOW and need to be in by November 30th. Members risk not making the Directory if we don t have your dues paid. Sorry, there has to be deadline! First weekend of December (7 th ) is the Commodores Dinner. I hope to welcome most of our members to that social. It follows the Commodores Cup that day. A plentiful BBQ dinner is being provided at a cost of $10 per meal AND we will be celebrating our veterans. Please have your reservations in by Dec. 1. Speaking of the December ~ This month s membership meeting is a very full agenda. Members are asked to share by providing non-perishable food items OR checks made to the Cape Coral Caring Center. We are also requesting unwrapped toys for needy children in our community also thru the Cape Coral Caring Center. CMCS will be providing an entre and ask members to bring Pot Luck items to share. I know we have lots of creative cooks! We will be toasting the holiday season with carols and celebration. Please note on your calendars ~ the Annual Change of Watch has been changed to Friday January 10 th, and we are holding it at the LaVenezia Ballroom in Cape Coral. An invitation is included in this edition of the Chowder Chatter. As the Board has agreed to subsidize a good portion of the expense, we are able to hold the cost to $20. Per person. This is an event for ALL MEMBERS and hope everyone who can will join us for this evening of celebration and fun. There is dinner, dancing and we even get to get dressed up!!! Going through my check list, (checking it more than twice) hope I haven t missed anyone or anything! It is such a privilege to lead a group like CMCS! I know you will step up when asked. It is really important to recognize that CMCS truly is the leader in SW Florida amongst the boating communities. Fair Winds and I ll look for all those new CMCS burgees while we re out enjoying SW Florida waterways. Bev

2 COMMODORE S DINNER ~ CAPE CORAL YACHT CLUB SATURDAY * DEC. 7 6 PM UNTIL COST OF $10. PER PLATE DINNER OF BBQ CHICKEN AND RIBS WITH ALL THE FIXINS BEVERAGES ARE BYOB This year, the Commodore s Dinner is falling on a very historical date to our nation. I invite all our Club members to join with me to celebrate our Veterans on this evening. Reservations are required with the date drawing very close ~ Please or phone me at: ArgusGdn@comcast.net OR phone with your name, number attending before Dec 1st. Your payment of $10 per person will be accepted at the door Ladies Bridge Club The LBC Holiday Party will be at Kathleen Vances's home Silver King Blvd. #204. Cape Coral on Dec. 12th at 7PM Each person has to bring a wrapped gift of $25.00 value for our Pirate Swap! BYOB, a hors d'oeuvre or dessert to share. RSVP to Kaathleen Vance or RoseAnn Hoffman Rose Ann Hoffman Directions to Russell & Kathleen Vance s Condo at Tarpon Point Marina 6021 Silver King Blvd., Unit 204, Cape Coral, FL From Cape Coral Parkway take Pelican Blvd. South to the end. At the stop sign, continue straight, and cross over El Dorado Pkwy. onto Rose Garden Road. Follow Rose Garden Road to Tarpon Point Marina. Turn left into Tarpon Point you will see the fountain with the big Tarpon, and signs for the Westin and Pinchers Crab Shack. Proceed to the guard the booth and keep to the right (no need to stop). You are now on Silver King Blvd. Follow Silver King (watch out for 2 speed humps ) to a large traffic circle. Keep to the right. The first building on the left is 6021 (Gold-colored high-rise). Turn left and go up the ramp into the guest parking area under the building. There is parking for 8 cars, 4 left and 4 right, and also 2 handicapped spots. Go to the front doors and see silver panel with building directory and keypad. Keep pressing number 3, scrolling through the directory to Vance, then press the # (pound key) to call our unit (it rings our home phone). We will signal the door open. The elevators are marked with the unit numbers that they service. You want to take the elevator that will bring you to units or , depending on which lobby you entered. Enter the elevator and press the button for 204, and come on up. If you don t see a button for 204, you are in the wrong elevator. Our home number is and our cell number is In case there is no parking under the building, there is a large garage that services the hotel. There is also parking near Pinchers restaurant. Please call us on our cell ( ) if you have any problem parking. Please try to car-pool if you can! Looking forward to a great time! 2

3 Cruising Report The Going North Cruise materialized as promised. However, only two of the 5 boats signed up went. Avanti and Alborada enjoyed calm seas as they motored to Useppa, Venice and Longboat Key. We were once again blessed with great weather for this Cruise as we returned by way of Marina Jack's in Sarasota and back to Useppa before heading home. Vice Commodore of Cruising Ron Maddix Judy and Charles Tomlins were our Cruise Leaders for the Halloween Cruise. Eight Boats participated in the Cruise. Judy Judy, Tanglefoot, Chase The Clouds, Brown Eyed Girl, Mental Floss, Winstar, Sweet Baboo and Wayward made up the Fleet. The Tomlins', as usual had Great prizes for their numerous games and activities. We finally had great weather on this Cruise after the previous two years washouts. Good job Charles and Judy. Kim Brown and Judy Anderson were our Cruise for the Bob Macomber Book Signing Cruise. This cruise always has a lot of Land Cruisers enjoying the festivities at Woody's in St. James City. Michael Cain and Linda Raymond are our Cruise Leaders for the Turkey Day Cruise. We will once again head to Pelican Bay for this Cruise. Some will eat at Cabbage Key on Thanksgiving, while others will stay on their boats. Hopefully we will have good weather for this Cruise. The Holiday Cruise is actually the first Cruise in next year's Cruising season. Carolyn Wilson is our Cruise Leader which will wind up in Fisherman's Village after a brief stay in Pelican Bay. The Marina has been booked up but there is plenty of room in Pelican Bay for those interested. Fifty two club boats have participated in at least one Cruise this year. Yours could be number 53! See you on the water. Ron Maddix, Rear Commodore of Cruising Macomber Book Cruise- Kim & Judy What a clear and delightful break from Summer. Trust Me!!! showed up off York Island and staked out a corner. It was a busy anchorage with the folks out of Davis Island arriving about the same time. In the beginning it looked like we would be out numbered but reinforcements arrived. Tiki, Bridgette O Toole, Chase the Clouds, and Barefeet were in place Friday night. While the actual event that evening went on for hours, the synopsis is that Doorley s Fine Old Barbados Rum XO is indeed a fine sipping rum. Saturday dawned and brought a few more boats to the anchorage Dolphin Dancer, Samphire and Freestyle. We dinghied in to Woody s where Cheeks had staked out prime dock space with their powerboat hereafter to be known as the Dinghy Dock. Pfaff s showed up in the largest sailing dinghy (Wayward) I d ever seen but it did fit alongside the Dinghy Dock. The land invasion seemed larger than usual- guess being pushed against Thanksgiving this year made driving the easier choice. I am sure the following misses many, but among the crowd were Vances, Gordan, Carol Pim, Waite, Stiers, Tomlins, Haunholters, Cannings, Roakes, Lawson/Perkett, Aguilera, Misenheimers and Maddix s. Those of you who missed the sign in sheet there wasn t one. Maybe next year, as clearly I can t keep track of it all. In any case, after much partying it became clear that even though Bob was in a skirt he was not going to show his South Pacific Underwear no matter how many books we bought. So the dinghies took the trip back down the Monroe canal. Chase offered a venue for a brief rum tasting revisited. Doorly s XO won again and we retired happy. 3

4 Summerset Thank you to our 48 yacht name t-shirt sleeve sponsors. We reached our goal for the 48ty Summerset Regatta. Vice Commodore of Summerset After You, Air Boss, Anhinga, Antares, Avanti, Barefeet, Bentley, Bridget O Toole, Chase The Clouds, Dragon Fly Plus, Escapade, Fancy Free, 14 Tractors, Freestyle, Full Tilt, Funwork, Gopher Baroque, Irish Miss, Jolly Mon, Judy Judy, Kestres II, Kraken, Linheart, Little Desperado, Macushla, Mental Floss, Miller Time, Miss Cathleen, Nurdle, Rum Daze, Sea Isle, Serendipity, Slo Dance, Sunday Silence, Tanglefoot, Triumph, Tropical Storm, Trust Me!!, Vixen, WaWa, Wind Dance, Wings, Yachta Yachta and the five super sleeve sponsors: Blue Skye, Celebration, Tipsea, Windy City and Air Supply. Steve Romaine Corporate and yacht name sponsors reached an all time high. This support, combined with sufficient Summerset cost control measures enabled your board to vote for and designate $13,500 for youth sailing support. This is an increase of over $4,000 from the previous year. Distributions are being made from Tampa Bay to Marco Island. The amounts are based upon the amount and origin of the sponsorships and yacht home port participation. Locally our support goes to the wonderful program of youth sailing provided by The Edison Sailing Center. Stephanie and Ross Webb were presented with a $3,000 check at our last meeting. These funds will be used to make a small dent in the cost of travel to regattas for some of their top youth sailors and for families unable to pay to keep their children in the Edison program. Starting in March the CMCS Grant Fund applications for the Edison Sailing Center s two week summer program will be available. They can be obtained from Marla Parker, CMCS 2013 Grant Fund Administrator. This program is for deserving youth ages 8-17, grant value $200 each. CMCS has allocated 30 grants for The goal is to provide financial aid to CMCS families and youth in order to promote sailing as a lifetime skill and stimulate youth interest in sailing, Marla can be reached at mparker579@gmail.com Information on summer programs can be found starting in March at Happy Sailing and Holidays Steve Ladies Day Regatta 4

5 Slate of Officers and Directors for 2014 Approaching the 2014 Starting Line As of the November General Meeting, CMCS now includes nearly 140 memberships. Now as we close the 2013 year, and anticipate the Change of Watch, it is time to welcome, and support, new CMCS leaders. The following Nomination slate of 2014 Flag Officers and Directors was presented to the CMCS membership at the November meeting: Flag Officers (Nominated to serve for 2014) Commodore Diane Fowler Vice Commodore Allen Fiske Rear Commodore/Summerset Steve Romaine Rear Commodore/Cruising John Reekie Rear Commodore of Racing- Stan Dale Fleet Yeoman Diane Pfaff Fleet Purser Bill Cook Past Commodore Bev Duff Four Directors (Nominated to serve for ) Ian Davis Kathleen Vance Dan Merriman Don Lawson Four Directors previously elected, continue their term of office for the year(s) Erik Soronen, Mike Smith,, Rodger Pfeiffenberger, Stephanie Webb (assigned Steve Carpenter's 2014 term) Elections will take place during the December meeting. The Credentials Committee, overseen by Commodore Duff, will conduct the process. Special thanks go to those Board and Committee members who actively helped to identify new leadership..this was a CMCS team effort. We look forward to seeing you at the Change of Watch in January! Let s go sailing! CMCS Helps Caring Center With Food Drive At the November CMCS meeting we collected 66lbs of food and $60.00 in cash and checks. Thank you to all who have donated. Cash and checks (tax deductible) are greatly appreciated as the money buys 3X the amount of food we donate. At the December CMCS Holiday party we will be collecting food,money and toys.. Please bring a new unwrapped toy to be donated to the Caring Center. Your donated toy maybe the only one a child receives this Christmas. Thank you, John & Susan Reekie 5

6 MEMBERSHIP and RECRUITMENT WOW did we ever have a big crowd at our November Membership meeting! And not only did we have LOTS of renewals come in, we had many new members. And for those new members who I may have missed introducing personally, my apologies. I m hoping I have captured everyone below. If I have missed you just let me know. We ll get you introduced to the crowd. So let s welcome ALL our new members since our last Chowder Chatter. Fleet Recruiter Welcome new Crew member Gary Brown. Gary comes to us from Liverpool, NY, and is about to enjoy his second winter here. Gary has not done much sailing but really wants to learn and is willing to lend a hand wherever he can. He will be living in Ft. Myers December thru the end of April. Jean Andrews Jack Buckley and Barbara Deagle joined us at the meeting. They re from Quincy, MA and are retired. Jack was an engineer and Barbara was a teacher. They enjoy sailing around Boston Harbor, Mass Bay and Cape Cod. Jack sailed solo to FL from MA and has many stories to tell. Can t wait to hear them! They will be joining our events on their 25 Vancouver named Escapod. David & Mika Filkins stopped by at the CMCS booth at the Ft. Myers boat show and came to our November meeting and joined. That s great! Dave was in the steel distribution industry, and they re from Chicago. They ve been here about a year. Dave started out as a dinghy sailor and started keel boat sailing about a year ago and is eager to learn. James and Amy Gallagher joined at the November meeting too. James is an Engineer and Financial Planner; Amy is a Pilate Instructor! They have a 32 Beneteau named Friend Z and are looking forward to joining us in our cruising and racing events. Larry Jack also met a few of you at our November meeting, and joined as a Crew Member. He has sailed all over the US, east and west coasts, and looks forward to crewing with our members. Tanja Koster participated in the Ladies Race and met a lot of you at the After Party at Diane & Ray s house. I believe Tanja said she was looking for a live-aboard boat and is also very interested in learning about celestial navigation. She absolutely loves sailing. Barry & Julie Long joined us from Houston, TX. They have been in the Ft. Myers area for about 2 ½ yrs. Barry is semi-retired and has experience with gas & diesel engines. Julie is soon to start work at Lee Memorial and is experienced in training and website development. They can t wait to get out on their 35 C&C named Free Spirit in CMCS events. George & Pixie Noyes have a 38 Island Packet named Silver Sea. They live aboard part of the year and have made at least two trips sailing around the Eastern Caribbean, and did most of their sailing in the Salem, MA area. Pixie is an RN and George was a Respiratory Therapist. Frank Wiedman joined as a Crew Member. He sold his last boat, Morgan 30/2 in 2012 raced it for 29 years. He s a member of the US Power Squadron and Long Bay Sailing Association. He and his wife, Lynn, moved here from Stowe, VT and are enjoying the Florida weather. Frank is retired from EE/Technology Management Consulting. Liz Bear Wik joined as a crew member and said she has a boat that can be used as a Committee Boat. Thanks Liz! I m sure you ll be getting a call. --- IF this Chowder Chatter gets into your hands before 11/30/13 and you HAVEN T yet renewed your membership for Please get it to me in a hurry. I have been told that the calendar will go to press without you and we don t want that to happen. I have truly noticed that most of you do refer to the printed version so it is to your benefit to renew on time. (We will have updated rosters online at cmcs-sail.org.) For those of you who have renewed already thanks so much for getting it in early! I wish you all the very best holiday season and look forward to a great Thank you all for your help as I finish my first year as your Fleet Recruiter. It has been fun and it has given me a chance to get to know you all a little better. I m finally starting to put faces with names! 6

7 Change Of Watch and Awards Dinner The Officers and Directors of CALOOSAHATCHEE MARCHING AND CHOWDER SOCIETY Cordially invite all members of the organization and their guests to The Change of Watch and Awards Dinner Friday, January 10 th at 6:00 pm at La Venezia Ballroom 4646 SE 10 th Place Cape Coral, Florida This is a semi formal evening to celebrate and congratulate the Leaders of CMCS ~ please come join us! The cost of dinner is $20 per person with a cash bar available Music provided by The Marshalls Please RSVP with payment to Commodore Bev P.O. Box 6717 Fort Myers, FL no later than December 25, CHANGE OF WATCH RESERVATION FORM FRIDAY, JANUARY 10TH, P.M. Number in your party Attending: Each $20.00 X = $ Please provide names of the persons in your party: Make check payable to CMCS and mail to Commodore Bev P.O. Box 6717 Fort Myers, FL No later than December 25,

8 Racing News Now that Summerset is behind us we can fall back into our regular racing routine! There was a good turnout for the Festival of the Islands Regatta (15 boats) on November 2 and the Ladies Races (6 boats) on November 9. After the FOTI, Brock Johnson hosted a party at his home which was well attended by racers and friends. Thanks, Brock and Barbara, for opening your home (again) to the CMCS racers! Diane Fowler and Ray Gherardini did a great job organizing the Ladies Races, including a skippers meeting and after-race party. Thanks Diane and Ray, who again opened their home to the CMCS racers. Results for the Festival Of The Islands Regatta (two races), which was curtailed due to a passing front in the early afternoon, are as follows: In the True Cruising Division, Rear Commodore of Racing Diane Fowler s Windy City was first, followed by Bill Misenheimer s Barefeet and John Steve Roake Finnegan s Miss Cathleen. In the Non-Spinnaker Division, John Churchill s Nurdle was first, followed by Gary Blessing s After You and Steve Romaine s Air Supply. In the Spinnaker Division, Forrest Bank s Midnite Rider was first. In the Multi-Hull Division, Art Monahan s Kraken was first, followed by Robert Libbey s Anhinga and Erik Soronen s TRIUMPH. Results of the November 9 th Ladies Races are as follows: First Place was Deb Rich s Bentley (Tom better keep her at the helm!) followed by Diane Fowler s Windy City, Bev Duff s Chase The Clouds, Holly Milbrandt s Full Tilt, Joan Perkett s Sunday Silence and Elise Missall s Wind Star. The Summerset Regatta was the last distance race of the season. This was a four-race series and a boat must have competed in three of the four events to qualify for a series award. Trophies(*) are awarded based on the average number of starters. In the Multihull Division, Art Monahan s Kraken was first*, Ned Christensen s Passion III was second*, and Erik Soronen s TRIUMPH was third. In the Spinnaker Division, Joel Andrews Macushla was first* and Forrest Banks Midnite Rider was second. In the Non-Spinnaker Division, Brock Johnson s Vixen was first*, Steve Romaine s Air Supply was second* and Tom Horner s Bentley was third. In the True Cruising Division, John Finnegan s Miss Cathleen was first*. These awards will be presented at the Change of Watch Dinner in January. There will be one more buoy series regatta the Commodore s Cup on Saturday, December 7, followed by the Commodore s Dinner that evening. This regatta is a Caloosahatchee Boat of the Year event. Thanks to all who volunteered so far. Of course, we always need lots of volunteers for future events. Start thinking now about which events you ll be volunteering for! The future of our racing program hinges on volunteer participation. This is my last year as the CMCS Rear Commodore-Racing. Stan Dale will be taking over in January. Stan hopes to embark on a slightly different approach to the racing program, relying more on volunteers and committee members to spread the responsibilities around. I hope all will support Stan as you have me over the past three years. Good Luck, Stan!! 8

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11 C.M.C.S. CHANDLERY Buy, sell, trade Members, to advertise your boating-related items free in the CMCS Chandlery, Don Lawson, Chowder Chatter Editor at or use your roster for telephone information. Your ad will be listed for 3 months unless you notify me to take your listing out sooner. Non-members are welcome to advertise their items at a price of $30.00 for 3 months. Business cards or business related listings sent in digital format only : Members: 3 months, $25.00 Non-members: 3 months, $50.00 FOR SALE: Two large sail bags in perfect condition. $40 each Diane FOR SALE : Cruiseair Carry On boat air conditioner for $200 Gary Blessing I also do home décor sewing such as drapes, cornice boards, porch enclosures and cushions Is it time to renew your Boat US Membership? Remember to use the CMCS Group ID # GA82335B on your application, and save half the price of your annual membership fee 11

12 CMCS Chowder Chatter c/o Don Lawson, Editor 1411 SW 53rd. Ln. Cape Coral, FL CMCS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS December 2013 Dec 7 Dec 12 Dec. 17 Dec. 26-Jan 2 January 10 Commodore Cup Dinner 6 p.m. CCYC Reservations Req d. Ladies Bridge Club Holiday Party Holiday Party - Election of Officers 6:30 p.m. CCYC Holiday Cruise Change Of Watch and Awards Dinner-Reservations Req d 12