OSCA Updates March 2013

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

 

Spring and daylight savings time have arrived! I love having the extra hour or so of daylight at the end of the day. The forecast is for afternoon high temps near 50! I can almost smell the bottom paint. So, it's time to pull back the covers and get ready to get our bottoms wet.

On March 9 we had a small but cheery crowd attend our Fleet Night at West Marine. West Marine, our gracious hosts, did a fine job with the wine and cheese spread. It was a great time to talk about upcoming events and pick up items to prepare our boats for the sailing season. A big THANK YOU to Vice Commodore Lee Rabbitt for making all the arrangements.

The OSCA renewals were mailed out at the beginning of March. Did you get yours? There were 100 mailed and so far 45 have been returned. If you need a new form please contact Deb Chirnside at (401) 253-8584 or email at jdskchirns@aol.com. Our yearbook will be published very shortly and we want to make sure it is up to date with all your information.

 

Upcoming Events:

Save the Bay Earth Day Cleanup

Date: April 20, 2013

Time: 10am - 12pm

Location: Bristol Harbor

Contact: Jeff Chirnside, jdskchirns@aol.com or (401) 253-8584

Details:

Save the Bay is holding their Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday April 20 from 10 am - 12 pm. This is a great opportunity to give back to the community and cleanup the shoreline of our beautiful bay. It only takes a few hours and provides a great deal of satisfaction. We will meet in the parking lot at the Colt State Park entrance off Poppasquash Rd (the road that leads to the Bristol Yacht Club, it should be open by then).

Wine & Cheese

Date: April 21, 2013

Time: 5:00pm

Location: QDNYC

Fee: $15.00 per boat

Details:

Join your OSCA friends for our pot luck, BYOB event at QDNYC. We are in the process of lining up another great speaker for this year's event. Membership Meeting included at no extra charge.

Memorial Day Weekend at EGYC

May 25 - 27, Steak fry cookout being planned, more details to come.

Gaspee Days Weekend at RIYC

June 7 - 9

BYOE Rendezvous at North Kingstown Town Beach

June 29 - 30

Summer Cruise

The itinerary is as follows:

7/20 - Rendezvous at Third Beach

7/21 - Sail to Marion

7/22 - Go through the Cape Cd Canal and sail to P-Town

7/23 - Stay in P-Town

7/24 - Stay in P-Town

7/25 - Leave P-Town, go back through the canal and stay in Quissett

7/26 - Quissett to Padanaram

7/27 - Padanaram to Westport

7/28 - Leave Westport for home ports

WOW! Can't wait for summer!

I look foward to seeing you at the next OSCA event!

Think Sun and Warm Temps!

OSCA Updates February 2013

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

February is a short month and time has just flown by. The weather for the past three weekends has been encouraging as we have been getting less and less snow. Soon we may have a dry weekend so we can go out and begin to get our toys ready for summer.

On January 26 we had our Annual Dead of Winter Party at the home of Lee and Kevin Rabbitt. The weather cooperated so we did not need to reschedule this year's event. We had a nice gathering and Cruise Coach John Impagliazzo brought us up to date on the summer cruise. Oh, incase you did not hear, we are still looking for a Fleet Captain. It is not to late to sign up! It was nice to see the OSCA group again. I want to send a big THANK YOU to Lee and Kevin for hosting.

The OSCA renewals will be going out shortly. We ask that you return them promptly. Make sure you mention us to your friends at the marina, yacht club or other gathering spots because we are always interested in having new members join our great club.

Upcoming Events:

Fleet Night - March 9th

This year's Fleet Night will be on Saturday March 9 form 6pm - 8pm at the West Marine in Middletown, RI. West Marine is extending the following discounts to our group:

$10 off $100 or more

$20 off $200 or more

$50 of $300

This is always a fun event to see what others are buying for their boats and get tips and pointers to make that spring preparation easier. So come on down to West Marine on 3/9. If I have a guess we will be going out for adult beverages afterwards. I hope to see you there.

Wine & Cheese

Plans are still in the works for the Wine & Cheese party. I will send out the details once more information is available.

Save the Bay Earth Day Cleanup

Save the Bay is holding their Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday April 20 from 11 am - 12 pm. I would like to get a group of OSCA volunteers together to help out with the Bristol Harbor Cleanup. This is a great opportunity to give back to the community and cleanup the shoreline of our beautiful bay. It only takes a few hours and provides a great deal of satisfaction. Please send me an email (jdskchirns@aol.com) if you can participate.

Summer Cruise

I know I am skipping ahead a few events but I wanted to provide a few details on our Summer Cruise. Captain Pooka has put together an exciting adventure to P-Town. We will rendezvous at Third Beach on Saturday July 20 and conclude the trip on Sunday July 28. The itinerary is as follows:

7/20 - Rendezvous at Third Beach

7/21 - Sail to Marion

7/22 - Go through the Cape Cd Canal and sail to P-Town

7/23 - Stay in P-Town

7/24 - Stay in P-Town

7/25 - Leave P-Town, go back through the canal and stay in Quissett

7/26 - Quissett to Padanaram

7/27 - Padanaram to Westport

7/28 - Leave Westport for home ports

WOW! Can't wait for summer!

I look forward to seeing you at the next OSCA event!

Think Sun!

OSCA Dead of Winter Party Reminder!

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

Dead of Winter Party

Just a reminder that our Dead of Winter party is this Saturday, January 26. The weather is turning colder this week. Come on down to the Rabbitt's house to hear about the hot items planned for OSCA this summer. This is a pot luck, BYOB event. Here are the details:

Date: January 26, 2013

Time: 5:00 pm

Location: Lee & Kevin Rabbitt

                51 Fieldstone Dr

                Coventry, RI 02816

Other Info:

Fleet Captain

We are still looking for someone to fill our Fleet Captain position. John Impagliazzo has offered to be our 'Cruise Coach' for this year's Summer Cruise (thanks John!). This year's trip will take us out to P-town. Working with John will provide an excellent opportunity to learn how to plan a cruise. Please send me an email at jdskchirns@aol.com if you can take on this role.

FLOSCA

What's FLOSCA? It's the Florida OSCA group! For those in the Florida area there will be a Dead of Winter party at the Cevoli's residents. Here are the details:

Please join us forThe THIRD annual FLOSCA DEAD of WINTER PARTY

FLOSCA is....The Florida Ocean State Catalina Association

Membership is free and available to any current or past member

of the Ocean State Catalina Association

How to Join? ~ Just come to the Dead of Winter Party ! 

Where ~ The home of Steve & Kathy Cevoli,

               570 Sandlor Drive, Englewood, Florida

               Phone ~ (941) 460-0408 ~ Cell: (401) 864-4090

When ~ Sunday, February 17, 2013...2:00 p.m.\

What to bring ~ An appetizer, salad, side dish, or dessert ~ BYOB

~Please bring chairs~

OSCA Updates January 2013!

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

 

I hope everyone had a great holiday season and Happy New Year!

Our 2012 season ended on a positive note with the annual Haul Out Party at Jacky's Galaxie. The upstairs room was a great setting and a good time was had by all. People felt so comfortable is was difficult to get some folks to leave! We had a huge table of raffle prizes that made for a fun night. A big 'Thank You' to David Arnold for organizing the event.

Dead of Winter Party

Our first event for 2013 is the annual Dead of Winter Party. This is a pot luck, BYOB event which will be held at the home of Lee and Kevin Rabbitt. Come join your OSCA friends to kick off the 2013 season. We will providing updates on the season's events. Here are the details for the party:

Date:       January 26, 2013

Time:      5:00 pm

Location: Lee & Kevin Rabbitt

                51 Fieldstone Dr

                Coventry, RI 02816

 

Fleet Captain

We are still looking for someone to fill our Fleet Captain position. John Impagliazzo has offered to be our 'Cruise Coach' for this year's Summer Cruise (thanks John!). This year's trip will take us out to P-town. Working with John will provide an excellent opportunity to learn how to plan a cruise. Please send me an email at jdskchirns@aol.com if you can take on this role.

Web Site Updates

Ron Lewis has been busy keeping our web site up to date. For a full view of our activities please visit us at www.oscafleet.org.

I look forward to seeing you at the Dead of Winter Party!

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!
Last weekend we had a wonderful time at the Ida Lewis Yacht Club in Newport, RI. The sail on Saturday was exciting in 25 knots of breeze. For many of us the wind was on the chin which made for lots of tacks. All in all it was a great sail. We had eight boats show up. On Saturday night we had a party of 17 at the Red Parrot for dinner and merriment. The food was good and the company was even better! Sunday brought favorable conditions and weatherman Matt was spot on that the showers would arrive around 2pm. We did not sail so it gave yours truly a chance to re-attach the rub rail to the boat (see I told you we sailed fast on Saturday!). Sunday afternoon/evening we had ILYC to ourselves. We watch the Patriots beat the Broncos and had a great pizza party. On Monday we attempted to sail home but had to fire up the engines due to lack of headway in 5 knots of breeze. All in all it was a fabulous weekend. A huge tip of the hat to Lee Rabbitt for pulling this together at the last minute. Great job Lee! And a big OSCA Thank You to ILYC for having us at their great location. They could not have been more accommodating.

At the rendezvous we held a membership meeting. One of the big topics of discussion was about ways to increase our membership. We voted and approved the position of Membership Liaison and Matt Clement was nominated to fill that role. The 2013 Flag Officers were nominated and approved. The slate of officers for 2013 is:

Commodore - Jeff Chirnside

Vice Commodore - Jill Clement

Rear Commodore - Lee Rabbitt

Fleet Captain - TBD

Secretary - Deb Chirnside

Treasurer - Kevin Rabbitt

Past Commodore - John Impagliazzo

Membership Liaison - Matt Clement

Web Master - Ron Lewis

Haul Out Party!

Join us at Jacky's Galaxie in Bristol, RI on November 10 for the annual Haul Out Party! This is our last gathering of the year. Come share your stories of the past sailing season and enjoy each other's company. Here are the details:

Join us at Jacky's Galaxie in Bristol, RI on November 10 for the annual Haul Out Party! This is our last gathering of the year. Come share your stories of the past sailing season and enjoy each other's company. Here are the details:

Date: November 10, 2012

Time: 5:00 PM - 10:00PM

Place: Jacky's Galaxie

          383 Metacom Ave

          Bristrol, RI 02809

Price: $35.00 per person, checks payable to OSCA

Menu:

Appetizers - Crab Rangoon, Teriyaki Beef, Vegetable Spring Rolls

Dinner - Asian Buffet

Garden Salad with House Dressing

Orange Chicken

Walnut Shrimp

Beef with Broccoli

Chicken Pad Thai Noodles

Mixed Chinese Vegetables

Dessert - Vanilla Ice Cream with Mango Sauce

Please RSVP to David Arnold by November 1st.

email - david@espsolutions.com

Phone - (508) 238-5441

It has really been a fun season and I hope to see you at our last big event!

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

 Just a reminder we will be at the Ida Lewis Yacht Club in scenic Newport, RI this weekend.  We have a number of boats registered and I am looking forward to seeing everyone.  The forecast looks pretty good as well.

We will be keeping the weeekend schedule pretty much as it was for Wickford with the exception of Saturday night.  Saturday night we will head to the Red Parrot, a really cool spot that can handle a crowd.  Food is good and reasonably priced.  Please call Lee Rabbitt at 401-641-5265 if you are coming by car and plan to go to the Parrott.  ILYC is have a chowder night on Saturday that is sold out.  If folks want to cook on the grills at ILYC then that is available also.

Old Port Launch services the Ida Lewis area at the bottom of each hour.  They can be hailed on Ch 68.  The launch will be running from 9am to 10pm.  Brenton Cove is on call on the hour to the Cove & on the half hour returning.  The fee is $3 per person each way.


Here is the itinerary for the weekend.
Saturday 10/6
6:30 p.m. Dinner at the Red Parrot.
Sunday 10/7
8:30/9:00 a.m. Bagels, coffee, etc.
10:30/11:00 a.m. Sail with a friend
5:00 p.m. Pizza party at ILYC. $8.00 per person.
Membership meeting and election of OSCA officers for 2013
Monday 10/8
8:30/9:00 a.m. Bagels, coffee, etc. then have a safe trip home. See you at the Haul-Out Dinner

It's going to be an awesome weekend!  Hope to see you there! 

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

Each year the Cruising Award is given to the boat that travels the longest distance (total accumulated mileage) on a single cruise. There are two awards, one for Retirees and one for Non-Retirees. Please submit your travel logs to me by October 31 if you would like to be considered for this year's award.

Smooth sailing!