Apr 1993 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

OCYC readies
its 95th season
OCEAN CrTY ^Just-as a
flag sequence signals the
••sjart.ttfa saUboatrace, the
wann days of spring signal
the start of the 95th season
o£ the Ocean. Cit? Yacht
Q\ib. ; .
. The first outward signs of
activity begUv when the
blue winter covers-are
removed from/ the club's
and Sunfish show up in the
storage yard..
Throughout the winter
Commodore Philip Kolea,
Vice Commodore Carl A.
Posse and Rear Commodore
Joseph R. Flesher have
meet with OCYC officers
and approximately 28
board members to plan
activities for the 1993 season.
. ' • *
The youth activities will
be expanded this year to
dore Kolea.
""" ~" ive also had' U
. ,te on the /dub'
building^and grounds," hi
said. :
. According to Kolea t ovei
Expanding, revising, '
upgrading are In the
officers this year .
a foot of water covered the
floor during the December
storm causing considerable
damage to refrigeration
units in the club's kitchen. •
Fishermen will see plenty
of action as numerous competitions
unfold through
out the summer. This season
will, mark the ninth
gram and a one^lesign 420 tional blllfish tournament
sailing clinic
Navigatorrtahichallenge
Thuraday, April 16,1993 OoMiiClty, NJ. THE SENTINEL-LEDGER G3
Plenty of people are pleasure boating
As- you wax the:-hull of
your boat and ponder,
whether'-^ needs another
coat of bottom paint, you •
probably feel like everyone
has abandoned ship, leav-'
ing you to do all the work.
But, thatf} hardly the
"•"". In boatyards'and in
yards across the country
there are thousands of
One-third of the US. pop-
mer boating season.
. According to the National
Marine Manufacturers
Association, 74 million people
went boating in- 1992.
its rank as the fourth most
the United States.
exhibits.
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by Barbara
year. "Based on what we've
seen first hand,.the prognosis
for. .the industry is. very
promising," said NMMA's
Dale Robbins, producer r ofthe
Miami Boat Show..'
' Atlantic City's Sajl Expo
"93 in February. was also a
.huge success. Sailors came,'
saw and bought: boats, sails
and accessories. '
. "Expo was successful
beyond our most optimistic
projections," said . Everett
Pearson, president of American
Sail Advancement Program
(ASAP), the
three-year-old industry
group which .staged the
.show. .
"We knew the concept
would work but we were
not. prepared for the
So, hang on to your hat,
is first, Florida is second NMMA estimates back then because we're in for
and Minnesota is third, there were 3.5 million recre- another season of "some
k
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upgraded pur power sup- predicted log contests,
port fleet, said Cornmo- Qnce agata the club will Pride during an OCYC bay race.
Pnint niimmo* 8 nsor five
P° offshore sau-
MUllU SUmm€r boat races, 13 bay races, the
Am A M M. M Heart Cup,'Aug. 6-8, (tor-•
Guy COfflP
sign-up due
merl y Atlantic City Race
\' / t Week) and the Mid Atlantic
SOMERS POINT — Reg- A J-24 class "Parkway
istration for the 1993 Com- Series" is also on the sailing
niunlty Education and schedule this year. Travel-
Recreation summer day ing north on the parkway,.
camp program will be 9 to the sailors will begin the
11 a.m. and 6 to 7:30 p.m. series at the Raritan Yacht
Tuesday and Wednesday, Club on Saturday-Sunday,
April 27 and 28 at the CER May 29-30.
office in Jordan Road The first bay race is Fri-
School.
day, May 21 and the off-
This year's program will shore series in OC begins
be 10 a.m. to 3 pan. daily Saturday, June 5.
July 6. through Aug. 13. Bay and offshore races
Extended morning and are open to the public For
afternoon hours will also be information before Memoavailable.
The program will rial Day weekend call
feature numerous field trips 1-215-647-0692 or Fax
and a variety of fun activi- 1-215-647-7045; after Memoties,
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The program is designed.
for children in grades 2
through 6 ("93/94 school
year) and parents have an
option of signing. tip' fin?''
either four or six weekg. For
more information call 927-
5253.
Global feet
ers will use nearly life-size
puppets in their" Save the
Earth Circus extravaganza
during Bayfest 93. See
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—Barbara Henry
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NMMA marketing information
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— saw sales of 192,000
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$8 million in 1992. An outboard
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adding outboard motor and
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price of $9,965 last year,
down from $10,074 in 1991.
Although you may. feel
New Jersey waterways are
crowded, the Garden State
The crew aboard Vice Commodore Carl Posse's sport- actually ranks 26th in the
fisherman relax as they return to the dock after a day of nation for the number of
off shore fishing.
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At the helm, Lindsay Monihan and crew Catherine •
Fleming prepare (or the start of a Sunfish race on the
bay at the Ocean City Yacht Club.
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