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Report on the Tall Ship
Trip by Diana Smith
November 1, 2004. The first leg of our
schooner adventure included Kathy Kean, and Vesta Gettys, and me,
along with the other people on board who had done the Great
Chesapeake Schooner Race and were returning to Baltimore. We left
Portsmouth on Monday morning in bright sun and had a great day of
sailing with good wind.
NWSA member, Jeannie Poole, provides
a brief summary of the Great Schooner Race,
which preceded the cruise.
Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race
2004(preceded the Mystic Whaler cruise)
by Jeannie Poole, NWSA member
The festivities began on Wednesday, October 13,
with a parade of sail through the Baltimore Harbor. Aboard the
Mystic Whaler, we responded to the cannon fire from "The Pride
of Baltimore II"" with shouts of "Fire in the hole"
followed by our own cannon fire. That evening there was a party for
all the participating crews. I believe there were 33 schooners
that participated in the race.
The starting gun was fired at 1340 on Thursday,
south of Annapolis. We faced every kind of condition during
our 39 hours 8 minutes before we crossed the finish at Thimble
Shoals, north of Norfolk. There was light wind, gusting
winds to 35 knots, warmth and sun, cold and rain, thunder
showers, favorable tide, unfavorable tide, head winds and then
finally a great westerly. Aboard the Mystic Whaler we
had a variety of levels of sailors. We all stood watch and
took the helm, practiced charting and checked the bilge.
It was such a rush and feeling of accomplishment when we finally
docked in Portsmouth and realized that we were second in our AA
Class. Only 13 of the 33 boats in the fleet finished the race.
Portsmouth threw a great party for the crews with a great awards
ceremony.
It was a pleasure sailing with my friend Judy
Clarke. We met last fall on the Mystic Whaler during the
NWSA cruise to NYC. The best part for me was sailing against my
daughter, Kelly, who is a crewmember on "The Pride of Baltimore II".
We are disappointed we don't have a burgee
for the Oregon Women's Sailing Assn
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Joan Thayer, Marianne Mullowney, Gail Hine
and Sue Corl at Horseshoe Falls
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October 22, 2004,
Portland, OR. While attending the US SAILING meeting in
Portland, Oregon, NWSA board member Gail Hine, arranged an evening
with the Oregon Women's Sailing Association. The informal get
together was held Friday evening at the Rose City Yacht Club. a
floating clubhouse. It was a wonderful evening for these two
organizations to share experiences and for those of us from NWSA to
see another area of the country through the eyes of sailing women.
Among the women, was Nancy Erley, a
woman who has made 2 circumnavigations and currently has sailing
school for women,
tethysoffshore.com.
If you're interested in sailing in the northwest, check out the
site.
We hope to do similar
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October 22, 2004 Portland, OR - US SAILING Annual Meeting
NWSA is a member organization of US SAILING. Under the current structure,
NWSA falls under the Women's Sailing
Committee and we report on our activities at the fall and spring US SAILING
meetings. There is a proposal for a restructuring of US SAILING.
Under the proposal, NWSA will be part of Recreation, along with other
noncompetitive councils and organizations. There will be lots of
discussion before the next US SAILING meeting in March 2005. See the US
SAILING website for more details on the
restructure. And please provide any feedback you may have to us a
wsf@womensailing.org.
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October 9, 2004.
Annapolis, MD
NWSA board members attended the Annapolis Boat
Show to catch Pat Henry's seminar lecture on her circumnavigation
over a period of years. Pat now has a sailing school for
women,
Coming About,
in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Mexico is a nice place to visit in
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Women's Sailing Conference
June 5, 2004
Corinthian Yacht Club
Marblehead, MA
Conference Co-chair and NWSA Secretary Sue Corl and
NWSA Vice President Val Cook
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