September 2006 - Coconut Grove Sailing Club

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Sailing Team, making her the youngest member on the team. By making the US Sailing Team, Sarah was invited to attend various international events representing the United States. Sarah has been accepted to attend Yale University and she will be leaving for college soon. At Yale, she will be a member of their Sailing Team, a talented and elite group of college sailors. Sarah will be greatly missed by her CGSC team mates. Sarah has sailed at CGSC for the past 4 years and helped build the team to where it is today. We wish Sarah the best as she starts a new stage in her life. We know that her passion for sailing will always bring her back to the warm waters of Biscayne Bay. Have a great year Sarah and come visit us when you are in town! The CGSC Laser Team The entire Single H a n d e d F l e e t . CGSC home of the University of Miami Sailing Canes Last year was a great year thanks to all the support from CGSC, the CG sailing foundation, and other UM supporters in the sailing community who worked hard to create a homeport for the UM Sailing Canes at CGSC. During the 2005-2006 season we held our first ever regatta, were invited to participate in the Rose Bowl regatta (only wish the football team could have been there), and were ranked in SAISA for the first time on the pages of Sailing World. The 2006-2007 season is only days away and it shaping up to be even better than last year. Rumor on the street is that there are several “hot” high school sailors that will be attending UM this fall and we expect the team to grow in both numbers and depth of talent. We hear that the CG Sailing Foundation has recently purchase an additional 4 FJ’s bring the fleet of boats up to 8. WOW!!!! what fantastic news. Now both the area high school teams and UM can practice together during the week; sailing against the local kids really enable us to improve our skills. On August 22 nd we be recruiting new students at a booth at the annual Canefest in the Bank Atlantic center and will follow up with on off the dock open house at CGSC on Saturday afternoon Aug 26 th . Official practice starts August 29 th so once again expect to see us on the water Tuesday-Thursday. See ya around the club. UM Sailing Team UM Sailing team SCHEDULE (tentative) Aug 29 First Day of official Practice at CGSC (3-6pm t-w-th) T h e S t a r t ! Regatta Schedule: Sep 2-3 SAISA SP-1 regatta at USF Sep 9-10 SAISA SP-2 regatta at Eckerd Sep 16-17 SAISA SP-3 regatta at Charleston Sep 23-24 SAISA SP-4 regatta at Rollins Sep 23-24 SAISA Men’s Single-Handed Champs Charleston Sep 30-Oct 1 SAISA Women’s Champs at Charleston Sep 30-Oct 1 TS Stern regatta at Charleston Oct 7-8 SAISA Sloop Championships at Charleston Oct 7-8 SAISA SP-5 regatta at Georgia Tech Oct 28-29 SAISA Dinghy Championships at Eckerd Nov 4-5 ACC Freshman Championships TBA Nov 17-19 ICSA Sloop Championships at Charleston Nov 18-19 SAISA - MAISA regatta at Charleston The top three finishers at the U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship: Claire Dennis, Ann Haeger, and champion Sarah Lihan, proudly wearing her new Texas “Leiter Champion” cowboy hat 4
Sail-Fishing was “Effortless” “Effortless” never ceases to amaze us. Who would have thought that she was a fishing boat. We constantly challenge our old boat to adapt to all kinds of sailing and motoring activities. Our August trip was slated to be a fishing tournament. Sailing vessels fishing???!!! This idea didn’t go over well with most club members. However, I did a get a few emails and comments from folks who actually have fished off their boats and caught fish, and enjoyed it. We left Friday afternoon, motor sailed to Elliot Key, where we rafted up with Ronnie and Patty Romero on “Eclipse” and were later joined by Will, Gail and James Pulsford, “Sweet Lime” to toast the sunset. Mike Horning and his crew Carlos, a first time sailor, on “Makani” arrived well after dark, navigating the shallow waters of the feather beds without running aground. Saturday dawned calm and flat without mosquitoes. Makani, Eclipse and Effortless motored south, planning to head outside and then to Rodriguez Key. Makani and Eclipse made it through at Ceasar’s Creek, stopped at Ocean Reef for fuel, and then headed off for their own adventure snorkeling on the reefs. Effortless decided to not chance the channel at Caesar’s Creek and headed for Angelfish Creek North of Pumpkin. We then mistakenly headed into Broad Creek, just north of Angelfish. Fortunately it was high tide and we made it thorough with inches to spare. We motor sailed down to Rodriguez Key, stopping on the way to snorkel at Mosquito Bank. We then rafted up with Ray and Elena Schnell and their guests aboard Wind Shadow, off the north side of Rodriquez Key. Despite the full moon, we were able to spot a few meteors of the Perseid meteor shower off the bow after midnight. Still no mosquitoes!! Unheard of during the summer in the keys! At dawn we prepared for an exciting day of fishing. We headed east, past Molasses Reef, the seas flat clam. Shortly after our turn to the north, with lines in the water, we had our first strike. Our first catch was a fairly large Bonito - a fun fish to catch but not great eating. He went back in the water. I spotted birds and weeds to the west so headed that direction and had another strike. This time we caught a jack of some kind and released him. We adjusted our rigs and headed north, zig zagging in 250 feet of deep blue water. An hour later we had our lucky strike. A black fin tuna. Alyn got him to the boat and we snagged him with our lobster net, and dumped him in our spare cooler of ice to chill. Unfortunately, we didn’t hit the school of dolphin that we were hoping for but we had a great trip back. Surprisingly the Gulf Stream was calmer than Biscayne Bay. Upcoming events: As you know Hurricane season curtails my cruising events. I ‘m referring to the University of Miami Hurricanes football team activities. I would like to plan a UM dockside / tailgate party at the club to celebrate an away football game and an UM sailing team event. Watch for an email announcing this event. Please join us in October for the Columbus Day Regatta. You can sign up to participate in the race or sail down and raft up with us at Elliot. Even if you don’t race, it’s a great day to sail down amongst the beautiful fast boats zig zagging across the bay. Keep cruising. Janice Pruett 5
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