100th Anniversary Schedule
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Sunday Sept. 11
Afternoon: 4 pm Registration
5 pm Welcoming reception at Newport Harbor Hotel
Hors d’oeuvres ($25) and cash bar
Dinner on your own.
Activities: Exploring Newport
Monday Sept. 12
Morning: 8 am Registration
9 am – 12 pm Committee Meetings
Lunch: 12 pm Invited Speaker- Historian Doug Adkins- Our History ($55.00)
Afternoon: 1pm – 5pm Committee Meetings
1 pm – 5 pm Tour yacht Dorade
Evening: 5-6:30 pm Cocktails at hotel (cash bar)
7 pm Hors’doeuvres and Dinner ($160)
Keynote Speaker: Sir Robin Knox Johnston
Activities: Exploring Newport
Tuesday Sept. 13
Morning: 8:30 am Registration
9 am – 12 pm Committee Meetings
Lunch: 12 pm Invited Speaker- Pam Rorke-Levy- Dorade: “Almost 100” ($55.00)
Afternoon: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Official Fall Members Meeting
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tour yacht Dorade
Evening: 6 pm Cocktails at hotel (cash bar) and Dinner on your own
Activities: Exploring Newport
Wednesday Sept. 14
Morning: 8:30 am Registration
Breakfast on your own
9 am-11am Heavy Weather Sailing: Blue Water Perspectives,
Frank Bohlen, Jean Luc Van Den Heede, Rich Wilson, Steve Brown and Randall Reeves
Lunch: 12 pm Speakers: Blue Water Medalists ($55.00)
Jean Luc Van den Heede
Randall Reeves
Steve Brown
Rich Wilson
Sir Robin Knox Johnston
Robert Shepton
Afternoon: 4 pm Awards and Premiere of Gary Jobson film;
“History of the CCA” at Jane Pickens Theater
Evening: 6:30 pm Reception at the Sailing Museum
Passed Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar ($25.00)
Dinner on your own
Activities: Exploring Newport Boat Show
Thursday Sept. 15
Morning: 8:30 am Registration
Breakfast on your own
8:30 am Sails in the 21st Century- seminar Will Welles, North Sails
9:15 am Archives at Mystic- Mark Grosby, Chris Freeman, VP Mystic
10:00 am Sheila McCurdy, “CCA Characters Over the Years”
10:45 am-12 pm MOB and Safety Moments- Bill Strassberg
11:30- 2:00 pm Dress ship in marina and yacht hop
1:00 pm-2:30 pm. Yacht Design Forum- Jay Gowell and Bill Cook
Lunch: On your own
Afternoon: Exploring Newport, Boat Show
Evening: 4 pm Boat and bus transportation to Fort Adams
5 pm Gala Awards Dinner at Fort Adams (smart casual) ($250.00)
Friday Sept. 16:
Morning: 8:30 am Casual farewell continental breakfast
Fleet disbands and Official end of Centennial celebration
Visit to Mystic Seaport for those who are interested
Activities: Touring Newport, Sailing, History Tours, Boat Show
