AK67
Member III
Thanks Sean - an off-season project, for sure! Thanks for all you do on this site.
Am I the only one [active in northeastern USA]?
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Richard Sigismo
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I am in Sayville, NY which is in the Great South Bay. I sail a 1988 Ericson 26 that I've owned for 33 years. It's gotten a bit old and tired (I wonder how that happened?) but I keep trying to find resources to help me bring it back to its old status. I remember when the Shelter Island rendezvous was. I was not able to make it and regretted not getting a chance to meet more of you and see other Ericsons, but would consider traveling to one in the future if it wasn't too far.
Rich Sigismondi
Popeye
1987 Ericson 26
Sayville Yacht Club
Rich Sigismondi
Popeye
1987 Ericson 26
Sayville Yacht Club
On my way to the Chesapeake Bay this weekend, I will be passing 40 miles off the Atlantic side of Long Island, I will wave to all you Ericson New Yorkers as I go by. Actually, I will be dropping into Shinnecock after leaving Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Prairie Schooner
Jeff & Donna, E35-3 purchased 7/21
Safe travels, Mark.
Adrian, it was good to meet you last Friday
AK67
Member III
Same here, Mark! Look forward to the next one.
Frank Langer
1984 Ericson 30+, Nanaimo, BC
Safe travels, Mark!
Frank
AK67
Member III
Safe passage to you and your wife, Mark! Forecast looks decent off LI with some building seas at the end of the weekend, with winds shifting from S to NW then N, winds. https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=OKX&issuedby=OKX&product=CWF Keep us posted and holler if you need anything!
Looking at decent weather and wind all weekend, expect to be in Barneget Bay Mid-Tuesday. A long rest before heading to Cape May, up Delaware Bay, cross the canal and into the upper Chesapeake. Time to contemplate life, enjoy mid-night diamonds on the water, and reminisce. The Rappahannock, Deltaville, and Stingray point marina are calling. Leaving Saturday with the tide.
Sidnewport
Member II
I just saw this. I am a new Ericson owner in RI. I bought Daddy's Mink, an Ericson 28 formerly from Barrington and Narragansett. Im trying to get it up to speed after years of neglect.
AK67
Member III
Welcome fellow E28 owner - good luck with the rehab!
hello Sidnewport,
First - there are several Ericson Yachts community members in New Port and one the just arrived anchored in New Port harbor off Ida May Lewis with a dingy tied up at King Park boat ramp. Angel will be in New Port between 17-23rd. If you are available, several of us will be meeting in New Port during this time.
Mark "Souleman" Soule
...and we live up here now (in Jaffrey, NH) and would enjoy meeting some of you as well... So if you guys end up getting together, someone please send me a note...
Prairie Schooner
Jeff & Donna, E35-3 purchased 7/21
Getting sailors together is like:
A few of us managed to meet recently, but it was very last minute and only a few folks I'd already met.
Sean, we'll let you know if something larger starts to coalesce yet this season. @mjsouleman and I have batted a few ideas back and forth, but, . . . it's a lot to coordinate. I have a lot of admiration for the PNW folks who made their rendezvous happen.
Oh, that's ok - it was really just a general notice/request - whenever - this year, next year, etc. We have plenty going on here to occupy my attention this season before the snow starts flying again anyhow...like more insulation in our attic...(fun!)....
Sean,
I have head one or two Ericson community members talk of sailing to Maine. what is the probability of there being a marina, a reasonable distance from you that might be used as a rendezvous? Who knows, there might be an interest in such a trip.
P.S. The next virtual meeting is being projected for Friday, September 26th.
Mark "Souleman" Soule
Meeta won't be stopped and loves Maine - so as long as there is somewhere reasonably close by we can get an accommodation, we'll be there. I would say the best would be no further north than Bath/Georgetown (makes about 3 hours from us by car - which is very reasonable...). How about in January?? =)
great ideas, with a starting point of Province Town, these are 3-5 day sails depending on anchoring or going straight thru.
The trips would make great adventures
The trips would make great adventures
We were previously members of the Maine Ericson Association before it broke up. We sail out of Casco bay and just finished two weeks on the boat going to Penobscot and back. Happy to provide any info I can for facilities in Maine. Once you get into late September and October the sailing is fantastic but the facilities start shutting down. Also seems odd to us.
we are in the Bath / Brunswick area when not on the boat if people are trying to get together.