The rescue video is sobering.

Several CCA members participated in a review and analysis of the sad events that took place in the recent Chicago to Mackinack race. The report has now been published.  According to the Chicago Yacht Club:

January 19^th dawned cold and breezy with a crystal clear sky….a perfect day for the annual Bras d’Or station get-together in the Annapolis Valley.  

How many of us have had our sports viewing by that line superimposed on the screen? Well, thank Stan.  He's being honored for that development by the Hall of Fame:

Whether you're planning an offshore race or just looking to build or refresh your sailing skills, our US Sailing Sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminars can be an important step. These courses include an online orientation and a full day of hands on and seminar presentations. Climb into a life raft, fire flares, throw lines, and more. Now offered several times per year. These satisfy US Sailing and World Sailing requirements and satisfy offshore race requirements.

The Boston Station tried a new venue for the New Member Dinner this year, moving from the Dedham Country Club south of Boston to the Seaglass Restaurant in Salisbury, MA.  People coming from north of Boston thought it was a great change, those coming from the south, not so much.  In any case we had a wonderful event at which we welcomed fifteen new members with a total turnout of about 70 people.  The evening was also the occasion for the presentation of the… Read more

Perhaps you were raised never to mention a lady's age. Our Jeanne Socrates revels in it. She has embarked, on October 3, to become the oldest female SOLO circumnavigator, and the first woman to solo circumnavigate from North America.  Leaving from Vancouver, B.C., this member of our San Francisco Station is now about 400 miles off Bahia San Ramon, Baja California.

With the recent change in award recognition, the PNW station awarded circumnavigation pennants to the follwing members and spouses: Paul Baker, Suzette Connolly, Mary Alice and Brian O'Neill, PL and Kurt Mondloch, Garth Wilcox, Sue Corenman,  Jim Corenman, and Neil and Nancy Sirman.