OSCA Updates May 2013
  
Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

It's hard to believe this weekend is Memorial Day.  Our sails are rigged an we are ready to go!  Hopefully your preparations are going well.

In April we had two fun events.  First, four of us, Debbie & John Greenwood, David Arnold and yours truly picked up trash along the Bristol shore as part of Save the Bay's Earth Day Cleanup.  I also managed to pick up some poison ivy but it was all worth it.  The next afternoon was our Wine & Cheese Event at QDNYC.  We had a very interesting speaker, Richard Fernie, who told us about his trip to South America and sailing adventure in the area and around Cape Horn.  Quite an experience!  A big THANK YOU to Bob Stanich for hosting and to Rear Commodore Lee Rabbitt for making the arrangements.

Upcoming Events
Here's some details on our upcoming events.

Gaspee Days Weekend at Rhode Island Yacht Club (RIYC)
Date: June 7 - 9
Rates:
Slips - $1.50 per foot, electric charges - $5.00 per 30 Amp, $10.00 per 50 Amp connection
Mooring - $10.00 per day, this includes shuttle service, 9 AM to 9 PM, Saturday thru Sunday
RIYC can be contacted on Ch 78.
Activities:
Friday Night - Fireworks
Saturday -
9:45 a.m - The Gaspee Days 5k.
10:00 a.m. The Gaspee Day Parade!!!!!
3:00 p.m. After the parade, come back to the Club and continue the fun. Have a tall frosty and enjoy the raw bar.
4:00 p.m. - Grill, Grill and more Grill!!!!! Enjoy clam cakes and chowder, bbq, sausage & peppers, hamburgers, hotdogs, and much more including an ICE LUGE!!!!!. A limited number of lobsters will be available. So get there early!!!!!
5:00 p.m. - Dance the night away with Rory and the Blueshounds.

I've heard noting but good things about Gaspee Days Weekend.  Come for one night or two.  Please contact John Impagliazzo at impag12@gmail.com by June 1 if you plan to attend.  John will provide RIYC with your boat information and you can pay when you arrive.

BYOE Rendezvous at the North Kingstown Town Beach
 This is our first time to the town beach just south of the Wickford Harbor break water.  Here are the details:
Date: June 29 - 30
Rate: Free (anchorage)
The plan is to anchor off of Poplar point, in the vicinity of the Wickford Town Beach on Saturday night. The best grounds are closer to the north end of the cove. The bottom is rocky in this area, so stay well off the beach. The safest spots to anchor are where the water transitions from 7-9 feet to 15-17 feet, favoring the north end of the cove, just to the south of the jetty and keeping well away from the flashing green (Fl G 6s 40ft 6MI "1".) In the cove you can pull your dinghy onto the beach, to the north of the designated swim area. If you stay well outside the marked swimming area you will also avoid the very large rock, that is barely submerged at high tide.
A cookout on the beach would be neat or a jaunt to Duffy's would be fun.  Anyway this is meant to be very low keyed.

Life is Good!  See ya on the water!

Memorial Day Weekend Reminder!

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

It's hard to believe Memorial Day Weekend is only a week away. If you haven't made your reservations for EGYC then now is the time to do so. You can contact EGYC directly to make your mooring reservation. Their phone number is 401-884-7700. To make reservations for the spectacular Sunday night cookout please contact Jill Clement at 401-932-6776. Checks with your dinner preference can be sent to:

Jill Clement

237 Cole Dr

North Kingstown, RI 02852

The deadline is this Sunday, May 19. Don't miss out!

Here are the details:

Memorial Day At East Greenwich Yacht Club

The weekend's activities

• Saturday 5:00 pm - BYOB cocktail hour.
  • Soft drinks and ice will be provided, as well as coolers for you to cool down your libations.
  • Location is the gazebo, which (from the water) is to the right of F dock
  • The club has made the galley available to us, so feel free to use the club galley for prep or warm up of appetizers. Please remember to clean up completely.
• Sunday
  • Breafast will be served at the gazebo a 9:00
  • After breakfast stroll the streets of East Greenwich, head out for a sail or relax at the yacht club.
  • Dinner - we will meet on the deck in front of the main dining room at 5:00 for cocktails and munchies.
    • Dinner will be a gourmet picnic. We will have tossed salad, Corn and black bean salad, Gourmet potato salad and 2 pasta dishes - Tri-colored Pasta al Fresco and Cavatelli with Baby Spinach and Feta. There will also be fresh baked bread as well as desert and coffee/tea.
    • To ensure that our entres are cooked just right, we will be cooking our own steak/fish or chicken on the club's grills on the deck.
    • Entertainment is in the process of being finalized, but will be low key music rather than a more formal show.
• Monday
  • Breakfast will be served on the deck of the club at 9:00.
  • Boats depart for home ports

Moorings and Docks

• Call 401-884-7700 to make your reservation. Please identify that you are from OSCA.
• Slips are $2.50/foot. Availability is very limited. Slips have power and water.
• Moorings are $35 per night and includes use of the launch
• The club monitors channel 9
• Diesel, Gas, Water, Pump-out and Ice are available on the club docks. (Call the club to let them know you are heading for the pump out and a dockhand will meet you there if you would like assistance.)
• There are bathrooms near the front door of the clubhouse. Shower facilities are in the building in the parking lot (just across from the front door.) The door is the one on the left.

Price

Costs vary slightly depending on the entre for Sunday night

Steak - NY Strip - $50 per person

Fish - Swordsteak - $48 per person

Chicken - Marinated Chicken Breast - $45 per person

Other Information:

• Club rules prohibit bringing alcohol onto the club deck and clubhouse. However, the bar will be open and available all weekend.
• You can dock for a short period of time at the dock below the clubhouse deck. Otherwise please tie up on F dock.

Reservations and money due to Jill Clement (401-932-6776) no later than Sunday, May 19th.

Checks and a note with dinner preference can be sent to:

Jill Clement

237 Cole Dr

North Kingstown, RI 02852

 

I look forward to seeing you at EGYC!

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

Just a remnder of the great OSCA events planned for this weekend!

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 10am to 12pm. 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 Party

Date: April 21, 2013

Time: 5:00pm

Location: QDNYC

Fee: $15.00 per boat

Details: This is a pot luck, BYOB event at QDNYC (Quonset Davisville Navy Yacht Club on 81 Wescott Rd in North Kingstown, just before Allen Harbor). Our guest speaker is Richard Fernie from the Wickford Yacth Club. Come hear about his incredible journey sailing around Cape Horn. He was aboard a chartered 54-foot cutter Pelagic that made its way around the Horn and along the Beagle Channel. Along with his friend John Rice and former Whitbread Racer Skip Novak, they were searching for the correct location where John Rice’s great-grandfather had scuttled his ship, the barque River Boyne, in 1875. Don’t miss this fascinating story. And, by the way, Richard sails a Catalina 380 named Swallow so he must be a great guy!

 

I look foward to seeing you this weeked!

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!