The Chowder Chatter Monthly Newsletter of the Caloosahatchee Marching and Chowder Society

Next Full Moon: November 5 November 2006

PAPERWORK, PAPERWORK....... I know few of us like to do PAPERWORK.. but it's that time of year! Your renewal ap-plications are available on our website, so download, fill it out, write your check and MAIL ASAP. You know how important it is to have your info in the calendar! You will notice a change: if you do NOT have your Chowder Chatter SNAIL mailed, you get a $5 DISCOUNT! I know how cheap sailors can be! ABSOLUTE DEAD-LINE IS DECEMBER 1. This is the CMCS Bible! Don't delay! For your new friends who are THINKING of joining-- grab them! They have the benefit of member-ship for all of 2007 PLUS the balance of 2006 for ONE LOW price! Currently, I am working with our Property Manager at the Cape Coral Power Squadron AND our Calendar Committee to put together a dynamite line up for 2007. Some possible new events: 1. Some races will be FUN races (think scavenger hunts, pick up anchor, etc.) 2. "Take a landlubber sailing" day -- we all invite folks who haven't sailed before and sail to a beach for party? 3. Ladies Bridge Club will have more SAIL DAYS! 4. Some of our club socials will be at local restaurants. 5. June cruise is NOW to Burnt Store Marina. 6. August cruise/ race is NOW to Tween Waters Marina/Resort. 7. Ladies’ Day Race is NOW the Drag Queen Galley Contest (yes, your favorite man gets to play "dress up"). This was a HOOT in 2005. Also, we will carry on our traditions: Danger Island, sunfish races, Summerset Regatta, Tampa Bay Blues Cruise, EPOL, Thanksgiving cruise and MORE. We are trying to fit all the fun in just ONE YEAR! November meeting is CRITICAL-- come vote on our exciting new slate of officers! Also, our new Honorary Member and well-known local author, Bob Macomber, will be speaking. He is a spellbind-ing storyteller, with a rich history of our Club and our area. CMCS will be represented at the Fort Myers Boat Show November 10-11-12. Call Steve Romaine if you want to "man the booth" for a few hours. This is the most excited, most organized, most creative bunch of folks I have ever worked with! If you're not having fun -- JOIN a committee! There is always room for "ONE MORE" ! Proud to be your Commodore, Diane Fowler S/V Windy City

COMMODORE Diane Fowler 540-0016

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The club has had two races recently. (See both race results on following page.) Both were well attended. The Festival of the Islands drew a boat from Marco, and two from Naples. Wiley Parker was PRO for these races ( 3 ) , did a great job despite light wind and strong current at times. The True Cruisers raced a triangle, windward – leeward course and then two windward – leeward courses. Spinnaker and mul-tihulls raced windward –leeward in all three races. We have had several windward-leeward races this year. One reason is that USSailing in its’ publications says this type of course offers the most in tactics and sailing skill even for heavy full keeled boats. Reaches actually offer much less in either tactics or sailing skill. And, after all, this is what sailboat racing is about . The Kayusa Cup Race honors Betty Kayusa. Mike, her son, donated this trophy to CMCS. We formerly raced to South Seas Plantation, but with costs and advance notice being what they are, the format was changed. We raced up to a point about half way to Redfish Pass and back…..18.4 nm. The start was staggered depending upon PHRF rating. As Bob Duff said, “ this was a Catalina day “ Catalinas fin-ished 1st and 2nd in their class. The wind blew up to about 15 – 16 knots with plenty of whitecaps. Ned Christensen ran away from all and finished well ahead in his TRT 1200. Some beer, I won’t say how much, was consumed at Bo-nita Bills afterward. Also, I won’t reveal the name of the sailor who said: “I didn’t know we were in Bonita Springs.“ Tom Gore

Rear Commodore of Racing Tom Gore 334-0673

CRUISE REPORT Eleven club boats came to Pelican Bay. Ix, Island Time(trawler), Shadowfax, Windy City, Hyde Away, Miller Time, Chase the Clouds, Lucky Day, Messin About, Island Time(sail), and Bentley all participated. Hotdogs and a pot luck dinner were had on Miller Time Thurs-day night. Cocktails were shared on Island Time and Hyde Away on Friday and Saturday nights. Tim and DeeDee and myself spent four grueling hours re-opening The Tunnel of Love now known as The CHEEdIX CUT. We enjoyed a dinghy trip through it to the beach on Fri-day. Russell once again swore he would never make the trip! If you joined the club to Cruise, now is the time to do so. Our next Cruise is to Danger Island on October 27th thru 29th. Judy and Charles Tomlin are our Cruise Leaders. We will have a Beach Pot Luck Dinner Friday night. Bring your grill, entrée to cook and a dish to share Saturday night around 6:00pm. The CMCS Band will be performing both nights. A costume party, bonfire and ghost stories will be told Saturday night. On November 10, we will head for Sanibel Bight. Saturday morning, we will weigh anchor for York Island where we will dinghy in to the Double Nichol to participate in Bob Macomber’s Book signing from noon until 10pm. A short dingy trip up the Monroe canal will reward you will great en-tertainment by the Yard Dogs. Bob says the Double Nichol will be featuring it’s world famous Pig Roast throughout the day.(please no coolers or byob allowed) Our Thanksgiving Cruise starts Nov 22 thru 27th. Wednes-day ,we will cruise to either Champney Bay in Naples or Fac-tory Bay in Marco. Thursday and Friday night at Panther Key. Dinghy excursions, bonfires and a beach pot luck at Panther Key are planned. Saturday, we will go to the Calusa Island Marina in Goodland. We have eight boats so far making reser-vations. Please call ME by October 30th if you need a slip. I need a credit card number and have been told a $50 charge will be made one week prior to arrival to be used toward your slip charge. You may cancel up to 7 days of arrival with no penalty. We will have our annual stone crab lunch/pot luck on Saturday afternoon and attend The hoopla at Stan” on Sunday. Monday we will head home. We will need to know at least one week prior to the start of the cruise if you want stone crabs in Goodland. The price is ap-proximately $13.00 per pound, but it depends on the market price at that time. Cash will be required at Goodland before stone crabs are delivered. Please call Waite and Mary Alexan-der at 481-7208. DEADLINE: Monday, November

Rear Commodore of Cruising Ron Maddix 482-0281

Summerset Clarification: The following information was received after the Summerset Re-gatta Results were posted. Ironic Breeze should have been 3rd and a trophy was forwarded to him. Margareta should have been given an 8th the 1st race, giving them an 11th for the regatta. Therefore, a 6th place for the regatta. Sharon L would be 7th.

Festival of the Islands Race Results

September 30, 2006

Class Boat Sail # Owner Total Points Regatta Place True Cruising Windy City D. Fowler 5 2 Chase the Clouds 776 B. Duff 6 Vakalele 71 R. Lancaster 6 Deborah J. Hodes 6 Lauri Li 176 A. Pfalz 4 1 Non Spinnaker Two to Go 526 T. Stier 16 6 Rex 1 40716 I. Davis 12 5 Sand Dollar 42064 D. Naumann 10 3 Bentley 573 T. Horner 11 4 Fairtrade 15687 J. Martinez 7 1 Knot Worried 881 J. Richards 7 2 Spinnaker Macushla 53225 J. Andrews 9 3 Judy 120 T. Gore 3 1 Tippecanoe 39509 D. Kendrick 12 4 Midnite Rider 46 F. Banks 18 6 Obession 622 G. Schwarting 7 2 418 418 P. Perisho 16 5

Kayusa Cup Race Results

October 14, 2006

Owner Boat Sail # Handicap Start--Long Finish Place True Cruising Deborah J. Hodes Pearson 365 22113 261 9:40 14:27 5 Making Memories D. Floyd Catalina 320 527 207 9:56:34 13:54 3 Rex 1 I. Davis Jeanneau 32 40716 185 10:03 14:14 4 Windy City D. Fowler Catalina 36 2104 182 10:04:14 13:34 2 Chase the Clouds B. Duff Catalina 42 776 147 10:14:47 13:32 1 Spinnaker Macushla J. Andrews BeneteauFC10 53225 96 10:30:36 13:37 2 Gone Mad D. Plonski Melges 24 162 75 10:37:03 13:16 1 Judy T. Gore Henderson 30 120 36 10:49 13:44 3 Anhingga R. Libby Corsair F 27 327 48 10:43 13:14 2 Passion 11 N. Christensen TRT 1200 36 10:49 13:09 1

RACE RESULTS Festival of the Islands Race Results, September 30, 2006 and

Kayusa Cup Race, October 14, 2006

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Membership Additions and Changes cont’d. New Boat John Kremski & Sharon Del Bianco Vessel: Corsair 28R Name: “Rapture” Length: 28’5” Draft: 5’ Beam: 19’ Sail #210 Phone number update: Roy Rodriguez - 945-4440 Email update: Ray Harris and Susan Gore Goresusan@hotmail.com Address update: Jim and Beverly David 4080 Cape Cole Blvd. Punta Gorda, FL 33955 (phone number didn't change) New Boat Names: Joel and Joann Andrews have changed the name of their boat from "Desperado" to "Macushla" Tim and Sue Stier have changed the name of their Catalina 25. Look for “Two To Go” on the water. Moved Out of State: Eugene and Barbara Whatley 279 Emily Drive Abbeville, AL 36310 (334) 585-0770

Membership Additions and Changes

WELCOME!! NEW MEMBERS Gary & Rose Owens 1612 SE 40th Street Cape Coral, FL 33904 239/945-4960 GARYCOWENS@AL.COM Gary and Rose have a 35' Fountaine Pajot Tabago named "Lucky Day." Their hometown is Santa Cruz, California. They lived in the Cape for a few years, moved to Colorado and are now back. They are looking forward to cruising and socializing with the club along with their white Lab Daisy! Cal Parker 8280 Arborfield Ct. Fort Myers, FL 33912 (239) 768-1817 BCINFLA@EARTHLINK.NET Cal joined CMCS as a Crew Member and is looking forward to socializing and crewing with our club members. He recently took a five day sailing course and is anxious to help so give him a call. Lauree & Ken Young 1223 SW 52nd Terrace Cape Coral, FL 33914 (239) 540-1094 lauy@aol.com Vessel: Catalina 25 Name: “Forever Young” Sail #12, Draft 4’6” Beam 13’, Mast Height 52’ Lauree and Ken moved from Reno, NV and have lived in the area for eight years. The have ben sailing for ten years and are looking forward to our cruising journeys and are interested in racing, cruising, and socializing with our club. Scott and Bay Purcell & Theresa “T” Ramsey 2022 SE 14th Terrace Cape Coral, FL 33990 (239) 573-4631 tramsey12@yahoo.com Vessel: Irwin 33 Name: “Furaibo” Draft: 4’ to 8’ Beam: 11’5” Mast Height: 47’ Scott & T moved from Sarasota to Cape Coral this year. They have a 5 year old son, Bay, who swims on the Swim Florida Team. They have been cruising and racing for 20 years and are looking forward to joining CMCS activities. Scott designs hurricane protection systems and T does immigration advising and teaches Int’l Business Classes as a visiting professor. T previously lived in Japan and South America; Scott was a sail maker and musician and lived in the Caribbean.

Fleet Recruiter Deedee Cheek 541-1106

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!!!

CMCS ANNUAL CHANGE OF WATCH

DINNER / DANCE Saturday, January 13, 2007

(please note above date, CMCS calendar incorrect)

The Landings, Fort Myers The CMCS Annual Change of Watch Din-ner/Dance will be held on Saturday, January 13 at The Landings, Fort Myers. Watch for details and a reservation form in the December Chowder Chatter and on the CMCS Website.

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Liberty Ashore Monica Smith 699-9678

Ladies Bridge Club Susan Reekie 540-5422

It's finally here!

An Affair of Honor is the 5th novel in the award-winning Honor Series of naval fiction

from our very own CMCS founder, former Commodore, and Governor Emeritus for Life of Danger Island

Robert N. Macomber

Order personally inscribed copies by calling his ship's store toll-free at 1-866-456-2687

or emailing the store at locotzinc@earthlink.net

Visit his website at www.robertmacomber.com for more details

HOLIDAY DECORATIONS Tuesday, November 7, 2006 1900 hours

Please join me in helping LIBERTY ASHORE get ready for the CMCS Christmas Party. We will be making nautical decorations - No experience needed All supplies will be provided. Sandwiches and salads will be served, so come hungry!

Susan Reekie, 5324 Colony Court, Cape Coral Directions: Cape Coral Parkway to Coronado Parkway, south on Coronado to El Dorado Park-way (four way stop) make a right. Colony Ct is the 3rd left. My house will be the sixth on the right. Please e-mail your RSVP to lazysusan13@aol.com or call 540-5422

CMCS MEMBERSHIP NIGHT (DESSERT NIGHT)

Power Squadron November 21 at 1830 hours

Coffee will be available for FREE, but if you would like a splash of Kahlua or Irish Cream Liqueur it will cost you a ticket. Check your last name for the kind of dessert to bring so that we do not have too many of one thing. If you forget, don’t worry—just bring something sweet to eat! A-J Chocolate K-R Fruity Flavor S-W Cookies/Brownies It’s going to be a delicious evening!

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WHAT A DEAL!!!

15 HP Evenrude Outboard for sale Has approximately 35 hours of operation. In like-new condition. Comes with a roll around stand and a 10’2” dinghy. All for only $1,700.00

Call Don at 565-7570

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Looking for a boat? What about gear? Great deals on used and barely used equipment. Want to sell your unneeded boating equip-ment? Email or call The Chowder Chatter Edi-tor: marylou@swfla.rr.com / (239) 541-2479 to insert your ad, update your ad or have it can-celled.

“LIGHT” CREW WANTED Crew wanted for Alter Cup Area “D” Qualifier. Preliminary for U.S. Multihull Championship, Spring 2007 in Melbourne, FL. Male or Female, able to travel, maximum 130 lbs. If you are interested, contact Pete Pollard at ppol-lard@swfla.rr.com or 772-0732 for additional in-formation.

FOR SALE

1989 Pearson 36-2

Beautiful Flag Blue Awlgrip hull with cream deck. Restored 2003-2004. Wing keel 4’8” draft. Extensive 2003-2004 electronics includ-ing Raymarine wind, speed, depth, auto-pilot, color radar/plotter, A/C (2004), re-frigeration (2003), Doyle Stack Pack main (2002), UK Spectra 145% (2004), Dacron 130%.

$77,500

Paul Perisho 239 945-3063

‘86 Catalina 22 For Sale Pop top, 5 hp Mercury

Trailer (old tires) Brand new—never used—main

100 jib 130 jib

$2,300.00

Pat Olkowski , St. James City 239 443-7532 or 785 845-6497

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CMCS CHANDLERY

Chandlery (n) chan”dler*y def: great place to spend money on the stuff you and your boat really need!

NAUTICAL

FLEA MARKET

Sunday, November 5 1:00—5:00 p.m.

If you are looking to buy or sell anything nautical then this is the event for you! Items such as new or used boat accessories, spare parts, fishing gear, or even arts & crafts with a nautical theme are all wel-come!

YACHT CLUB BEACH PAVILION (Vendor table space is just $15.00 plus tax! Interested vendors should call 574-0806)

ADMISSION IS FREE

(Rec Code: #160507-01) 10/06

FOR SALE • 55 foot spinnaker/snuffer sock for sale. Good

condition, $100. • 1992 Furono radar with radome. Mono-

chrome with 6’ screen and magnifier, user manual. Needs new radome/display

connector. $450 Will Burton (239) 489-2135

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CMCS Chowder Chatter c/o Mary Lou Mullins 5010 SW 11th Avenue Cape Coral, FL 33914

CMCS Schedule of Events Late October / November 2006

October 27-29 Halloween Cruise Danger Island November 5 1200 hours Sunfish Races November 7 1900 hours Ladies Bridge Club S. Reekie’s home November 8 1900 hours Board Meeting Power Squadron November 10-12 Cruise to Sanibel Bight November 16 1900 hours Skipper/Crew Meeting Power Squadron November 18 Turkey Race November 19 1200 hours CHOWDER CHATTER DEADLINE November 21 1830 hours Dessert Night Social Power Squadron November 21 1930 hours Membership Meeting Power Squadron (Bob Macomber, Speaker)

November 22-27 Thanksgiving Cruise Panther Key