MAY NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Dear Chesapeake 20 Fleet Members and Supporters:
MAY RACING: The first
race is this Sunday afternoon in the West River cove. It is part of our Spring
Series. We will be racing with other
WRSC fleets: Flying Scots, Nicra and A-Cats.
The start is the usual time of 1PM. As you may have guessed from the lousey
weather on May 3rd we did not race that day. On Saturday, May 2nd , Clay Taylor,
Andrew Resneck and I spent the day stepping masts and getting boats ready;
thus, Stormy, Endeavor and Contrary are
ready to hit the water Sunday. We hope
you plan to race with us. I am looking
for crew and Picardy is available for
an able skipper and crew.
CHESAPEAKE 20 EXHIBIT: Under the direction of Peter Tasi and Pam
Taylor, progress is steady on the Annapolis
Maritime Museum exhibit which opens with our Worlds on Friday, June 19th. Clay and Pam Taylor, Peter Tasi, Laurence and
Suzanna Hartge and I are well along into planning the layout, graphics, etc. Pam has arranged for an intern, Dan Lozano, a
student at Marymount University, to help us.
We have spent time in organizing the basic layout,
reviewed and organized the historical documents of the class, and taking
measurements of the display areas. Thanks
to Sally and Burt Sachse, Serenade will
be featured between our exhibit and that of the Hartge family.
Pam is planning a dramatic racing picture, and a
hands-on wall of Chesapeake 20 objects (tillers, rudders, boomkins) that kids
can touch. Along one side of the hall,
we will have 30’ of display cases in which original documents and pictures will
tell our story. We plan to display the fabulous
model of Stormy made so many years
ago by John Kramer, and a case with our major trophies including historic some from
John Kramer and Bobby Orme.
Pam has designed a brochure, and she is even
considering publishing a Chesapeake 20 book.
We plan to have a document with a description and history of each 20.
It is all very exciting and we definitely need help, especially
the weeks of June 8th and 15th when we set up the exhibit. Please
put some time for this in your calendar.
If you have documents or pictures for the display, please get them to
me.
Our goal is to raise the visibility of Chesapeake 20s
and hopefully recruit other sailors including those interested in joining us,
buying new or used glass boats, or restoring one of our classics.