Labor Day Weekend Update!

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

Summer is proceeding too fast and in a few weeks Labor Day Weekend will be upon us. There have been a few updates to the times for our weekend at the Bristol Yacht Club. Also included is the pricing and information on signing up. Please contact Vice Commodore Jill Clement by 8/26 if you plan to attend. Her contact information is:

Jill Clement

237 Cole Dr

North Kingstown, RI 02852

Cell: 401-932-6776

Email jill_clement@verizon.net (there is an _ between jill and clement)

Dinner Prices

Lobster Dinner (lobster, corn, cole slaw, chowder, dessert)

$25 Single

$40 Twin

Checks payable to OSCA

 

Here is the schedule for the weekend:

Saturday 8/31

5pm Welcoming Cocktail Party at BYC, Cash Bar
Bring an appetizer or dish to share. Grills are available.

Sunday 9/1

8:30am - Coffee, donuts, etc (OSCA breakfast) at the club house

9:30am - Skippers Meeting for Ted Trudeau race

11:00 am - Mercury Racing Begins
4:30 pm- Lobster Dinner - Reservations Required by 8/26

BRING YOUR OWN LOBSTER CRACKERS AND PICKS

6:00 pm - OSCA Commodore Presentation

7:00 pm - RI Philharmonic Concert, Independence Park

Monday 9/2

9:00 am - Coffee, donuts, etc

OSCA Fleet departs for home ports

Mooring Info: Mooring requests, with name of boat, length, owner name & tel. no. (preferably cell phone no.), should be emailed to Chris Healy, BYC Steward, steward@bristolyc.com
Moorings are $40.00 per night and include BYC launch service from 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. daily. Dinghy dock and showers are available.

BYC monitors VHF Channel 68. Mooring payments are due directly to BYC upon arrival.

See you this weekend at Dutch Harbor!

OSCA August Updates

 

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

Our Summer Cruise was a great success! We visited some fantastic ports; Marion, Provincetown, Padamaram and Westport. Our host facilities could not have been more accommodating. The whale watch and jazz show was spectacular in P-town. It was fun having dinner for 21 in Padamaram. The lobster feast put on by Bill and Paula Kaylor in Westport was to die for. A few of us had some mechanical issues but in true OSCA fashion people were always there to help out. It was a true testament of what OSCA is all about. I want to give a huge OSCA THANK YOU to John Impagliazzo for organizing this great trip.

We have some great fun filled events coming up. Here are some details.

Dutch Harbor Rendezvous

This is always a fun event. Wine tasting challenge, cookout on the beach on Saturday. Breakfast at the Village Hearth and Bakery on Sunday. Here are details:

Date: August 17 - 18

Place: Dutch Harbor Boat Yard

Rate: Mooring fee is $50 per night, includes launch service that runs until 10pm

Info: Mooring reservations can be made online with the Dutch Harbor Boat Yard dutchharborboatyard.com or by calling 401-423-0630. Mention you are with OSCA. They monitor vhf channel 69.

Saturday

5:00pm Bring a bottle of wine for the wine tasting challenge. Vote for your favorite and you may win a prize! We will set up grills for a cookout so bring your favorite items. There are resturants near by for those who prefer not to cook.

Sunday

9:00am - We plan to go to the Village Hearth and Bakery just up the road from the boatyard. You buy your coffee and OSCA will by the pastry. What a deal!

11:00am - Head for home or other far away places!

Labor Day Weekend Rendezvous

Join us on Labor Day Weekend at the Bristol Yacht Club. We will have boat races in the club's Mercurys and another fantastic lobster fest put on by the Kaylors.

Date: August 31 - September 2

Place: Bristol Yacht Club

Rate: The mooring fee is $40 per night. You can make your reservations with the club steward, Chris Healy, by sending an email to steward@bristolyc.com. Please provide your name, phone number, boat name, length and draft and mention you are with OSCA.

Info: We are still working on the meal price and I will have that out shortly.

Saturday

5:00pm Bring some snacks and itmes to cook to the picnic area for a social time. We have reserved the upstairs room in the event of bad weather.

Sunday

9:00am Breakfast at the club

1:00pm Mercury Races

6:00pm Lobster Dinner

Monday

9:00am Breakfast at the club

11:00am Head for home ports or where ever the wind takes you

Newport Boat Show

Date: September 12 - 15

Support OSCA by handing out literature at the Catalina booth on the docks. Volunteers can sign up with Lee Rabbitt.

Columbus Day Weekend

Date: October 12 - 14

Place: Ida Lewis Yacht Club

Join us for ourt last on water event of the season at the Ida Lewis Yacht Club in Newport, RI. This is a spectactular venue to end the season. We will have a members meeting on Sunday night. More details to come.

Haul Out Party

Date: November 9

Place: Jackie's Galaxie in Bristol, RI

We have reserved the upstairs room for our last event of the season. More details to come.

 

Let's enjoy the rest of the summer. I hope to see you in Dutch Harbor!

Life is good!

Last Call for OSCA Gaspee Days Sign Up!

Ahoy OSCA Fleet!

Just a quick reminder that if you are going to the Rhode Island Yacht Club for Gaspee Days Weekend the deadline to register with John Impagliazzo is TOMORROW, May 31. John will be providing the RIYC with the list of boats and their mooring/dockage information on Saturday, June 1. Here's who is on the list so far:

John & Kathy Impagliazzo - Pooka

Bruce & Sandy England - Sole Mates IV

John & Debbie Greenwood - Deborah Ann

Eric & Janis Korn - Kornucopia

Ron Lewis - Argo

Jeff & Deb Chirnside - Sudsea

If you don't see your name then you are not on the list. Please contact John at impag12@gmail.com ASAP if you plan to attend. He will need the following info:

Boat Name

Length

Draft

Beam

Moring or slip

Phone #

Here is the info on Gaspee Days Weekend.

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.

Sunday

Breakfast on your boat or at a local cafe.

Head for home ports.

 

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.

Life is Good! See ya at RIYC!

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!