Dear Fleet 43 Skippers and Crew,

Your Fleet Needs YOU!

Fleet 43 is looking for energetic, enthusiastic and organized individuals (with a little fiscal responsibility mixed in) for the following positions:

• Fleet Captain
• Treasurer
• Race Officer

Individuals do not have to be a PYC member or own a J/24 to be considered. Membership to Fleet 43 is required.

Read the fine print:

Molly White has graciously offered to Co-Chair the Down East Regatta for next year to help transition the Fleet Captain position. This is a tremendous amount of support being offered this year, for the low, low cost of fun, friendship and perhaps some Mt. Gay.

Please submit nomination/volunteer suggestions to:

Rich DeGrandpre (richarddegrandpre@comcast.net)

Meg Fenderson (fenderson@comcast.net)

Rich Ketchum (rrketchum@yahoo.com)

We’d like to have a slate announced at the Down East Regatta awards ceremony.

Thank you for your consideration,

The Nominating Committee

Hello Everyone,

Hopefully a member from each boat (or more) is planning to attend our Race Management Night.

It will begin promptly at 6:00 pm at PYC so please be on time.

We plan to do a rotation of three groups, each rotation lasting about 20 minutes, having all three end by 7:00pm.  At which point we will have drinks, snacks and questions in the Captain’s room.

If there are any particular questions you may have that you wish to have addressed or things you want to make sure we review, please email me (mollyfrommaine@yahoo.com) before 3:00pm on Wednesday and I will pass them on to our presenters.

I have broken the fleet up into three groups, they are listed below as well as the station that they will be starting with at 6:00pm.

Group 1: At PYC Dock
Flying Circus, Draco, Steve, Pit Party, and Second Chance

Group 2: On PYC Porch
Mr. Hankey, Flying Chicken, Bouncing Betty, Impetuous, and Wabi Sabi

Group 3: In Captain’s Room
Denali, McGee, Al, Barkin Spidah, and Bad Apple

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Molly

Hey Fleet 43 Sailors (Skippers and Crew)

This Sunday is Spring Cleanup at the club.  Free brunch will be served at 11:00AM. It would be great to see some J24 sailors out there-sporting their Fleet 43/J24 gear!  Please swing by even for an hour!

Thanks!
Bill & Molly

Don’t forget that a week from tonight, Fleet 43ers are gathering at the Oasis to catch up and start preparing for the 2011 season. We hope to get as many J24 sailors out of the wood-work as possible! Tell your crew and friends.

When: Wednesday April 27th

Time: 5-8:00 pm

Where:  The Oasis on Wharf Street in Portland

Why: To catch up with fleet members, recruit new ones, and play giant board games.

Hope to see lots of folks there!

Hey Everyone,

Jess and I are looking for some creative and ambitious people to help out with the planning of this year’s Downeast Regatta.

If you would like to help out with this, have suggestions, or ways to improve an already spectacular regatta, please join us!

We will be meeting on Monday April 11th at 6:00pm at Rich Ketchum’s house.  (email if you need directions)

We look forward to seeing you all there!  As always, please share this information with others I may have missed that would be interested.)
Thanks

Molly and Jess

Hey Everyone,

Don’t forget to RSVP for the Fleet 43 Awards coming up on November 19th.  This year they will be hosted at Andrew Carey’s house at 44 Old Mill Road, Falmouth starting at 6:30.

Hopefully you all received the Evite that was sent out and have shared it with your crew.  If not, it will be a potluck with lots of Sailor Jerry rum and Gritty’s beer.  Fun photos from the season and maybe a cheesy game or two!

We look forward to seeing you all before we settle in for the long Maine winter.

Thanks,
Molly

Where:  PYC Captain’s Room

When: Wednesday October 13th

Time: 6:00 pm

Who: Anyone that sails on J24s-please share with your crew!

What: This will be our annual fleet meeting where we can discuss how the season went and plan for the 2011 season.

Meg Fenderson has offered to organize any new nominations for fleet officers.  If you feel that it is time for a change, please contact Meg Fenderson  (mfenderson@windwardpetroleum.com) with any nominations.  I am willing to stay on another year as fleet captain unless there are other interested parties.

Among the things to be discussed:

Budget, Food, Tonini Series, Race Committee (how to improve), Downeast Chair (looking for one or co-chairs), New Officers (if nominated), Annual Awards/Dinner

If you have anything more that you would like to add to the agenda please email mollyfrommaine@yahoo.com and let me know.

I look forward to seeing everyone on the 13th!

Monday July 19th-there will be a meeting to work on the organization and planning of the 25th Downeast Regatta.  Anyone who has sailed in the fleet is welcome to come help out.  We love new ideas that keep the regatta getting better each year! So spread the word to your crew.

Please join us at PYC at 6:30 pm for this meeting.

Attention J 24 Racers!

Ever short on crew and thought…”Gee, one of those junior sailors would make the perfect light weight crew on this light air night.” ?!?!

Search no more!!!! Simply contact Kelly Franklin, preferably with 24 hours notice, and she will try to assign an experienced sailor to your crew for the night.  The idea is that she will have a running list of available sailors to choose from any given Wednesday.

If you plan to make use of this new process, please be considerate of the fact that these are kids, not adults!  We ask that each skipper and his crew behave in a respectful and appropriate fashion as long as the junior sailor is in their care.

Please send Kelly an email at least the day before you know you’ll be down a crew member.  Last minute sailors will try to be found, but no guarantees!

pycjuniorsailing@gmail.com