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50 Year Anniversary!March, 2023 | 'The Neuse Juice' | Volume 50 Number 3 |
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NSA - TIME TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS!!! February was a short month as usual with some crazy weather from rainy days to cold days to hot days and of all things Pollen!! And March seems to be the same!
If you haven’t started, it is now time to start preparing for your Spring maintenance on your vessels. Boat yards and boat mechanics are filling up, so don’t wait too late. Our first cruise is Easter, and that is not far away!
For those who signed up for a slip at Anchorage Inn and Marina for the Memorial Day Cruise, I will be sending in the list next week.
NSA will have a float in this year’s Croaker Festival. Pat Thomier has agreed to organize this, and she will need help.
I am always available if you have questions, concerns or suggestions! Cell: 919-880-7879, email: chuckgordon55@yahoo.com Chuck Gordon Commodore S/V Pelikan  |
Please mark your calendar for the Shrimperoo on March 25th. This is our membership recruitment event, so encourage all your non-NSA friends to join us and join up! We have a great club and would love to share it with new people! If you have not reached-out to Alice and Tom to offer your help, please do so. Let’s make sure they have plenty of help!
We are working on the 50th Anniversary Event, which will be on September 9th at Whittaker Pointe Marina. The Committee has discussed doing a “Pig Picking” Event. This party will be open to all past and present NSA members; we just have to decide how to get this information out. We’ll keep you informed!
Cruising Update
The warm weather we’ve been having lately has made us anxious for the cruising season to start! First up with be the Easter Cruise organized by Carl and Donna Crothers, Steve Youngson and Cathy Eaton on April 7-9 at the Bridgeton Harbor Marina in New Bern.
They have lots of fun events planned so you won’t want to miss it! So far we have 18 boats registered so if you want in, be sure to secure your spot quickly!
Please visit the NSA website to check out all the cruises we have planned for the season and get them on your calendar. If you have any questions or concerns about any cruises, don’t hesitate to contact us at 919-818-9731.
If anyone is interested in buddying up with a more experienced sailor for any of the cruises, please let us know and we’ll do our best to match you up.
See you on the water!
Tracy Vail and Robert Pugh
VC Cruising
Bridgeton Harbor is destination for Easter Cruise, April 7-9
The Easter Cruise this year takes us back to Bridgeton Harbor Marina, across the Neuse River from downtown New Bern. Transient slips in New Bern are few and far between these days.
Bridgeton is a large, recently rebuilt full-service marina that offers nice inside slips with new floating docks and an extensive face dock, all at $1.75 a foot, plus $7 a night for 50amp power (30amp boats will need a 125-250V adapter or splitter).
While Bridgeton is isolated, those wishing to visit New Bern can do so inexpensively using ride sharing, such as Uber. We may have a few personal vehicles on site as well. By dinghy, the distance across the river to the Union Point Park free dock is 1.4nm. For those who would prefer to anchor, space is available just off the Bridgeton marina, with a small fee, $5, for dinghy tie-up and access to facilities.
For those who prefer to be on the New Bern side, ample anchoring space is available off the channel near Union Point Park with access to the public docks for dinghy landing.
Bridgeton has a large grassy area with grilling facilities, tables and chairs. If you wish to grill for our social on Saturday afternoon, please bring a meat of your choice and a side dish, appetizer or dessert. You may want to bring your own chairs as well. The social will get under way about 4 pm. By the way, the clubhouse facilities are excellent, and for telling tall tales in the evening, the marina has large waterfront fire pit surrounded by patio couches and chairs.
Important note: The NSA will provide a list of registered boats to the dockmaster. You DO NOT have to call the marina yourself to register. However, if you register but have to cancel, please let us know so we can provide an accurate list.
More information on the social and other activities to follow. Please subscribe to the Easter Cruise Forum on the website. We’ll publish navigation and other information closer to the date.
Carl and Donna Crothers
Cruise Captains
S/V Sanctuary
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Steve Youngson and Catherine Eaton
Mentee Cruise Captains
S/V Restless
We love a parade! Croakerfest Parade! Calling all showmen and women! Help us celebrate NSA’s 50th anniversary by being part of the Croakerfest Parade on Saturday July
Pat Thomaier |
1st.
Membership
Let’s welcome our new members!
The NSA is very fortunate to have more new members! Please join me in welcoming:
- Rob & Andrea Bayard of Oriental, in search of a vessel
- Rock Rockwell & Diane Lemieux of Arapahoe, owners of M/V Comanche, which they keep at a private dock in Oriental
- Roger and Chrystal Huth of Oriental, owners of S/V Seaduction, which they keep at River Dunes
- Werner & Calley Wildenburg, of New Bern, owners of S/V Carolina Girl
Current members, please be sure to renew your membership by April 1st to stay in the loop and enjoy some fun cruises and land-based activities. And if you have friends who might enjoy the NSA, please be sure to point them to the website.
Hope to see you on the water soon!
Sharon McDonald
Vice Commodore Membership
M/V Mischief
Over 120 members and guests gathered at the Annual Oyster Roast at the Red Rooster on Presidents Day weekend. We enjoyed perfectly clear and chilly weather to celebrate our first social of the year.
Many thanks to Chris Daniels, who once again hosted a successful roast. The oysters were sweet and the groaning board of member supplied dishes and desserts was nothing short of gourmet. We want to extend a huge thank you to all the members who volunteered to help make this special event happen.
And speaking of volunteers-
Volunteers are needed for Saturday March 25 for the NSA Annual Shrimperoo:
- Set-up, Registration
- Cooking Shrimp
- Serving Shrimp
- 50-50 raffle
- Merchandise Sales
- Clean- up
The Shrimperoo is our annual member recruitment/renewal event. No registration is required, as it is open to the public. Bring your boating friends and neighbors who might be interested in the friendliest sailing club in the East. If you haven’t renewed your membership, there will be a member center where you can easily renew!
Where: Oriental Marina and Inn / Tiki Bar
When: Saturday March 25th, 2-4 PM
- Free for members including Shrimp/food and 2 drink tickets
- Members bring side/ dessert to share
- Non-members pay cash for drinks and $10 for Shrimp/food (This fee can be credited towards membership if they join same day)
SOMETHING NEW FOR THE SHRIMPEROO -
We always rent a room for our member center during this event. This year you can bid to stay in the room at Oriental Marina for Sat night 3/25! Instead of staying on your boat, you can have a real bed and a shower! Place your bid by sending an email to us (see below). Bidding will close at 6pm on Thursday March 23.
Don’t hesitate to contact us with offers to volunteer, room bids and any questions (love life dilemmas excluded).
Alice Petree appinfiona@yahoo.com
703 628-8123
Tom McElroy tomlmcelroy@yahoo.com
703 593-1764
Vice Commodore Special Events
M/V Lochaber
Dinghy Poker Run planning meeting
This year’s NCO Dinghy Poker Run is scheduled for Saturday July 29 at Oriental Marina & Inn (aka the Tiki Bar). Mark your calendars! The DPR requires a lot of volunteers, both for preparation of the event and on the day of the event. At present I am looking for volunteers to help with preparation.
Please let me know if you will be attending the meeting. Also let me know if you are willing to help in this phase, but cannot be at the meeting. Closer to the event I will be asking for volunteers to help on July 29. Any help you can provide and/or items you would like to donate will be greatly appreciated. Sharon Stephenson S/V Pelikan srstephenson1420@gmail.com
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In case you missed your opportunity to purchase one of our new 50th Anniversary tees you will
have another opportunity to do so at the Shrimperoo. Also available will be our previous remaining tees, caps and visors, at a reduced price at the Shrimperoo only. If you have any requests for merchandise we don’t carry, please let me know. If there is enough interest we will try to add those items to our next order of tees.
If you have been on the NSA Marketplace recently you may have noticed a link to another site (Squad Locker) to order NSA merchandise. If you choose to order from Squad Locker you will be dealing directly with Squad Locker and the NSA will have nothing to do with those orders. Erik Hardtle put together this program for those of you that may have an interest in merchandise that we, as a club, do not offer. Our club isn’t large enough to buy and store lots of different merchandise. The Neuse Sailing Association does not profit from anything you order from Squad Locker, and again, you will deal directly with that company when ordering.
As always, please continue to post anything you think may be of interest to our members on our private Facebook group page.
I look forward to seeing everyone and selling our merchandise at the Shrimperoo!
Click here to visit our online shop!
Kathy Kenny
Vice Commodore - Social Media & NSA Wear Coord.
S/V Cool Change
Newsletter
My goal is to keep the newsletter on the second Tuesday of the month.
Please send your stories and photos to vccommunications@neusesailingassociation.org, and add "Neuse Juice" in the subject line.
Jean Hardtle
Vice Commodore of Communications - Neuse Juice
S/V Knot Shore
1974 Gulfstar
Website
Now is a good time to update your profile avatar… (avatar means Picture) as we are now featuring pictures on the Directory and Home Page of all members... so we know what we look like!
- Click on your name in the upper right black bar on the website.
- Click the Edit Profile button.
- Scroll down to Avatar
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- Click on the words Remove/Change
- Please use a picture that shows a close up of your face.
- When done, scroll back to the top and click on the Save button
---> or send your picture to vccommunications@neusesailingassociation.org and we'll take care of it!
We have some new sections of the website for this year… (click the links to view)
- Our New Member area! Learn about our newest recruits!
- Events and Cruises for 2023
- Check out Cruise Captain 101
- Our 2023 Officers & Directors
- How to sign up and cancel Events & Cruises
- Our past Newsletters “The Neuse Juice”
- Interested in being an Officer or Director?
- Check out the last meeting with the Bridge Minutes
Fair Winds and Following Seas!
Oh.. wow you made it this far... you should check out our AIS info!
Erik Hardtle
VC of Communications -Website
S/V Knot Shore1974 Gulfstar
Neuse Sailing Association | PO Box 253 | Oriental, NC 28571