Dear Friend of CHARIAD: The Mighty CHARIAD swims. She was launched last week. She is now on the dock at the Beverlyport Marina ready to go sailing – almost. The CHARIAD crew completed spring assembly on the dock this past Saturday. For me, the most fearful unknowns each spring are: will the engine start?; and can we get the halyards down from the top of the mast? Yes, the [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: Hope & Joy. This year, 2020, has been difficult for everyone worldwide. This is a year we will remember and talk about for the rest of our lives. My dear friend Regina Flynn captured this image of the light house at Winter Island in Salem, MA. The Christmas wreath, the snow, the beacon of light, and the wonder of the open water bring to me [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: While searching for a contact on LinkedIn, I clicked on a profile and to my surprise found this photograph as the guy’s background. I soon remembered that he was a Friend of CHARIAD. Fun pop for my day. CHARIAD is now on the hard for the winter. Sad to see snow in October and CHARIAD out of the water. This is a year we will [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: The CHARIAD team finished 1st last weekend and 2nd yesterday. The 2nd place finish in a six boat Jubilee YC race was the more important competition. In winds from 10 to 15 knots with higher guts, we sailed a ten legged course inside Salem Bay. Lots of tacks with the NE wind shifts and lots of spin work. Eventually, the race settled into three boats [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: This Sunday, CHARIAD will start its fall racing schedule. Prior to the Ted Hood Regatta, most sailboat racing was prohibited by state regulations. No rational reason, but that is the way it was. For the first time this year, we have a schedule of race dates. CHARIAD team members are posting their availability on the Team Snap platform we use to coordinate who is sailing [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: OK, we are just having fun. A gang of us sailed last weekend to Gloucester Harbor and made the scene including a sail along the bars/docks on Rocky Neck. Lots of fun. A great Friend of CHARIAD, Eduardo Cornejo, snapped the picture of us. On the way back, we showed the flag by sailing completely to the end of Manchester Harbor. Here is the Manchester [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: The CHARIAD Team raced to Provincetown last Friday and sailed back to Marblehead Sunday. The Boston YC usually sponsors an overnight race to P’town this past weekend. The club did not sponsor the race this year because of the state ban on sailboat racing with more than three crew members. Yes, stupid. But stupid is what stupid does. The long distance sail is a great [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: Beginning of Spring For me, the beginning of Spring is when I take the snow shovel from the back of my car and take the boat ladders to the boat yard. The first day of Spring was Sunday. The Mighty CHARIAD is behind a pile of boats wrapped in plastic. A little group of our gang moved the ladders from Arlington and nudged CHARIAD to [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: What is there to say? The story begins at the outdoor bar at Smith & Wollensky on the Cut at South Beach, Miami. I had flown from Boston after moderating a program for 200 people in Cambridge that turned out to be one of the last large public events in Boston. Steve Herman, Kathy Gunst, John Bishop, Trish, JoAnn Mathieu, and I are enjoying the [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: Please put Thurs. Feb. 6 on your calendar for a Friends of CHARIAD Meet Up. Time 6 PM onward to probably 8 or so Location Tavern in the Square, Central Square, 730 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA Logistics Red Line stop in Central Sq, Parking lots and garage on Pearl Street Come Bring a friend. No agenda other that catching up with friends. A little [...]
