CLUB NEWS

Revised Feb. 5

CLUB STUFF

This just in!  Hope Town, the Elbow Cay Lighthouse, and other  familiar places will be featured on the NBC Today Show on            Feb. 9^th & 10^th . (Check your local listings)  Look for interviews with HTSC member Dave Gale and author Annie Potts. Set your DVR now!

RACING AT ITS FINEST!

The first point to point race of the season was a HUGE success with 15(!) cruising boats participating in 10-15 knots of easterly wind. The large number of diverse sailboats made for awesome competition, especially at the starting line. After a windward start, the course then continued on to Sandy and Garden Cays, where racers rounded the islands twice before returning to the finish. For the second time this season, Al Shapiro skippering Quest, won the day's race and was awarded the Charles P. Manchee Trophy. Dave Hanafourde (Second Wind) was second on corrected time, followed by Jay Evans (Sundog) in third.

The next exciting HTSC regatta, for the William Giles Trophy, also known as the Hope Town Cup, consists of two days of racing on Wednesday, February 8^th, and Friday, February 10^th.

The Abaco Rage is up for the challenge and ready to compete in all of the HTSC scheduled regattas. Members are encouraged to be guest crew and a signup sheet is posted in the clubhouse. Come join in for an experience you won't forget!

Also, if you've ever wanted to race on the Abaco Rage in a National Regatta, the Abaco Rage Sailing Syndicate is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to HTSC members. See the article on the Lazarette page…. This could be your lucky day!

The most recent HTSC winners from Capn' Jacks' Bingo nites: Sunny Meinhold,    Patti Love, George Holloway, Phyllis Drori & posted member Veronica Beauchesne!

Hope Town Junior Sailing Classes are back in session!!

"Weeeeeeeee!!!"

The Sunfish races are off to a roaring start! Receiving a rush of pure adrenaline, 9 Sunfish sailors came out in 15 knots of wind for the first regatta of the season. First place finisher after the 3 race series was Jeff Gale. Second place went to Matt McCoy, and Rear Commodore Dave Pahl took home a third place cup in this exciting race. See some of the exciting action on the CLUB PHOTOS page...The next Sunfish and Abaco Dinghy race is scheduled for Sunday, February 19^th.

HTSC member Lloyd Arnold has been working on a boat while on island. This strip built 19 foot St. Pierre Dory was started in January, and now the sides are almost finished. Stop by the North End workshop (that he also built)and see work in progress.

News from your Hope Town Sailing Club Executive Board:

We are pleased to welcome these new members:

Tom Casey & Doris Taylor (Exit Strategy)
Mike & Carol Muscato
Bill & Katy Verity
Colin & Jan Brewer (reinstated)

Posted for membership:

Denis & Veronica Beauchesne
Glen Gray & Louise Simonson (Graynorth)

Names will remain posted for 30 days, or until the next HTSC Executive meeting.   Any comments may be directed to Deanna Taylor, Membership chairperson.

Appreciation and thanks to Bill Dichter (Interim) for stepping up to the plate and offering to assist Dave Pahl on the House & Grounds committee…

HTSC 50^th Anniversary is just around the corner!!! We need your help!

In conjunction with the History Project of the HTSC, the Race Committee would like to collect information about the 16 trophies that adorn the walls and trophy case. We have partial information about the more recent trophies, but the older trophies must have some great stories connected with them. Who commissioned the trophies? Who built them? Were they made for a special occasion? Tell us about the people, and any interesting stories about the trophies. Please send information to svankersaway@aol.com or gsholloway@earthlink.net, or snail mail the information to George Holloway,    6086 N. Flowage Rd., Conover WI 54519. Make this your summer project!!

ISLAND STUFF

Communtity Calendar:

Feb 18^th MOW Flea Market

Feb 21^st ECC benefit concert @ the Lodge

Feb 25^th HTVFR Fair @ Jarrett Park (raffle tickets available everywhere in HT) 

Mar 2^nd Pathfinders Fundraiser dinner @ Harbor Lodge

Mar 3^rd Wyannie Malone Heritage Day

Hope Town residents can sure clean up nice for a good cause!! The black tie event for BASRA held at the Harbor Lodge, was a wildly wonderful night- with a little help from the free flowing Veuve Cliquoit champagne!! The auctioned items were magnificent, the food & drink excellent, and the hangovers plentiful the next day!! See more photos on the Lazerette page…

Congratulations to Shane & Jaime Cash on their recent & beautiful beach wedding! Shane is the son of Elbow Cay Properties Don & Carrie Cash. They grow up so fast, don't they? :)

The Friends of Abaco Animals Annual Yard Sale was a huge success!! The local "furry children of Abaco" thank everyone who shopped, donated items or volunteered to help raise money for this appreciated organization.

There is another place to shop for groceries in White Sound! Foodstore Limited, formerly Sweetings Grocery- is now open for business. Run by Keisha Johnson & her dad Keith Evans, this grocery also has a wonderful butcher shop…

BBQ'd pork made good eats at the Abaco Rage winter fundraiser!!

HOPE TOWN DIRECTORY IS HERE!!!

The new edition of the Hope Town Directory is now available thanks to Janet Reingold and team. You can view it by clicking HERE and opening the file. You can even download if you want. Printed versions are now on sale all over Hope Town for only $10. (Need to give a gift to someone??) All proceeds benefit Every Child Counts, so buy two!! Note that the online version has two tabs at the bottom; one for the Directory and one for Services. Check out both of them.

The Editor of this column is always looking for information and stories to publish. Please email anything print-worthy (no guarantees). Click here to send your message.

OTHER WEBSITES TO VISIT (NOTE NEW LINK TO EVERY CHILD COUNTS!!)

Wyannie Malone Museum        Click HERE

Abaconian Newspaper                Click HERE

Barometer Bob Weather            Click HERE

Abaco Friends of the Environment           Click HERE

Hope Town Volunteer Fire & Rescue      Click HERE

Every Child Counts School                        Click HERE

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