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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 gatherings when
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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
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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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