ANNOUNCEMENTS

From the Commodore:

NBHSCA 2024 Agenda

February 3, 2024  10:30 AM

43 Palmer Street, Newport RI 02840

Annual Business Meeting Saturday- February 3, 2024, 10:30 PM

 Annual dues $300. 00 to be paid by check and mailed to the Treasurer or sent via the NBHSCA PayPal Account.

1)  Call to Order and Roll Call

2)  Reading of 2023 minutes

3)  Report of the Officers

a.       Commodore’s report- Fred Roy

Discussion – 20 hundred club

 Discussion - CYO

Syndicating S boats.

Development of Crew list.

b.       Vice Commodore’s report- Alan Silken

c.       Rear Commodore’s report- Geoff Davis

4)  Treasurer’s report- Nick Sollecito

5)  Unfinished Business

a.       Bylaw updates and changes – Jens Lange

6)  New Business

a.       Proposed Race Schedule: Fred Roy

Vote to approve proposed race schedule

b.       Trophy Committee report: Robert Hutchinson

7)  Adjournment

Please see our 2022 NBSC Race Schedule on Home Page of this site.

This will be the first time we are combining the Newport YC, Tuesday evening series with other weekend events for our racing season. 

*Note: if you attend the two weekend events this summer, Bristol YC Invitational, and the Herreshoff Classic you could qualify for the season. This will give the two northern bay boats a good shot at placing or winning the Bay Championship. 

*Note: The NBS Class is not officially signed up in any other one design races for the season other than what is on the schedule. If you elect to race in other events this season the RC most likely will put you in a CRF or PHRF rated class. You will need those certificates to compete. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. We can help you locate and sign up for these certifications, if needed. ( Sometimes if a RC gets more than 6 -8 one design boats entering a regatta they may elect to have a separate circle. This cannot be guaranteed but it could happen.

Newport YC Tuesday Evening Racing:

The season starts May 31- August 30

You need to be part of the NYC series in order to be scored for the S Class season. 

The series is broken up into two seasons.

 May 31-July 12, each Tuesday evening-$110

July 19- August 30, each Tuesday evening -$110

If you pay in advance for both seasons it is- $198

Please visit the NYC website which will prompt you to register. If you have any questions please let me know.

JULY 16, 2022- Bristol Yacht Club

Paul Del Nero- Vindex, # 30 will spearhead the racing event here and  Alan, Nick and I will be responsible for the social events Friday evening July 15, and Dinner/Awards July 16. 

The Friday evening event will be at the Herreshoff Museum in one of the outbuildings. Refreshments and lite fare will be served. We are still developing our plan for a speaker and a small presentation from the S Class to the Museum at this event. 

 Paul has suggested we name the main Saturday event:

The Bristol Yacht Club, Peter Hallock, S Class Invitational.  For engraving purposes we will use YC. ( remember Sheldon volunteered a trophy for this weekend's race at our meeting :-) 

 Peter Hallock was a lifelong member of the Bristol YC and owned Lady Luck from 1980 to 2014. He passed in 2021. 

The boat was briefly in the hands of the Herreshoff Marine Museum and then purchased by Nick Sollicitto, our Secretary /Treasurer, who sails it very well as we all know.

We are planning this event to encompass a lot. We will invite former members and crews of the S Class. It will be a reunion and awards dinner of sorts.

Our dinner food will be catered and we have full use of the club for the evening of July 16. The inside venue is very nicely laid out for those who have not been at the facility; the outside porch and a lawn area has a great view of the harbor.

Please note, the S Class will pick up the tab for the dinner and refreshments for the evening. We encourage you to invite your family, young and old, and guests.

There will be a small entrance fee for each boat to be determined by Paul.

What is most important about this event is participation. We will try to make that as easy as possible and encourage you to talk this up with your friends.

 If you need help getting a mooring for the weekend, Bill Lynn (HMM) , Andy Tyska (Bristol Marine), and Bristol YC have all committed to help find us a mooring in the harbor.

Please be on stations for further information.

Herreshoff Classic Regatta

August 27-28-29. 

This will be the last official weekend event for S Class racing. You all know the drill. We hope to see you there under the tent to enjoy the festivities and see the McCaffrey trophy once again.

Hutch, Bob Hutchinson, is working engraving and refurbishing our trophies for presentation from the 2019- 2021 seasons. Remember we had the MIT dinner in 2020 but no formal awards were presented, and then we had COVID for the past 2 1/2 years.

That sums up our summer racing events and you will be hearing more about Bristol in the next few weeks. Please get back to me if you plan to attend the July 16th event and how many crew or guests you might have in your posse. 

Most kind regards,

Fred 

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Fred Roy

Narragansett Bay Herreshoff S Class Association

email: fredroy2012@gmail.com

cell: 401-255-1900