We have had a number of events since my last message.  Our oyster roast was a great success due to the efforts of Barney and Peggy Riley, Dave and Pam Heine and a number of volunteers who quickly and efficiently set up and cleaned up.  I estimate there were about 60 people in attendance who got their fill of oysters, other food, drink and sea stories.  We consumed 3 fat sacks of oysters (300 pounds)!

The dinner meeting with program at Ember was attended by about 20 people who enjoyed a very interesting program a "Congenial Look at Seafood" by Bryan Fluech and a dinner from the menu.  There where quite a few good questions with knowledgeable answers that would have gone on well into the night if not cut short to order our meals.  We welcomed new members Dottie and Jack Brodhag.  There was a short business meeting at which Dave Heine reviewed recent races and urged members to get on the water for our fun races.  He also related opportunities to get out on the water manning safety boats at sailing classes for junior sailors this summer.

We just completed club race #2 yesterday with 3 boats participating...we need more boats!  Did have one new racer in David McGovern who raced his Macgregor 26M.  The race started slow, however the winds strengthened and it was a wonderful sailing day...for those with boats, you are missing out!  Race #3 is May 9 and #4 is May 30 with a program later that day at 6 pm at Brunswick Landing Marina's clubhouse by our own James Newsome.  He will tell us about a great delivery trip he made from Connecticut through New York to Hilton Head in the clubhouse at Brunswick Landing Marina.

I hope to see all of you on the water or at one of our events.

Ken McLaurin