CBMWG 3.0

[Finbar Beagle]

I hope to be at CBMWG 3.0.  I travel for a living (read as "to support my sailing addiction) so it is too soon to know where I will be told to be.

Also, my Admisal works for FEMA, and looks like she is to be deployed to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, after the New Years.  If Her stayi goes over a month, I will try to join her for a weekend (read as "probably best possible time to explain another Compac in our driveway).

Best wishes to you and yours for a safe and Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Less than completely sober Boxer / St Stephen's Day, and a Joyous Holiday Season!

[Mas]

Well i don't know about everyone else but it got to be winter quick and has stayed that way! Setting new records here, using purple wax on the skis, even our Chessie who loves cold weather has been going out to do his business and then wanting to be back in. Luv my winter sports but can only stay out for a couple hours at a pop. The wind has been the greatest challenge. Wait....this is supposed to be about a sailors gathering....sorry saw mid winter and just got confused. So...lets see....oh that's right Chesapeake Bay Mid Winter Gathering. Right now there is a winter storm warning in effect for where we keep our boat and where the gathering will be held. Ice is rapidly forming and aren't we glad we elect to haul every year!

I assume those of you up along the coast, especially our Joisey friends, are dealing with this storm as well. We have only seen a few flakes from it up here in the mountains but sure got ya on the temps. with only single digit highs and below zero lows, then ya add wind chill! Let's not let this cold numb our desires to get together this winter. Still wish the date for gathering up there in Joisey land could have been different but we will be with you in spirit, actually will be a a music event so prob will be consuming spirits as well. Then it'll be time to focus on CBMWG 3.0. Here's hoping we get to see everyone again! 

Stay warm. Get those ski's out Bob.

[Bob23]

Ski's are ready. Difficult to say how much we have. There's a 3 foot drift by the back door so I'd say we have 3 feet! Of course the deck nearby is bare so maybe we're not getting any!! 3 to 6" is forecast but I'm banking on about 7 3/4 inch. Heavy. Maybe 7/8ths.
We'll be there for the CBMWG for sure. Not sure who "we" is yet.

[Mas]

Gotta admit, it is rare when I choose to not go out and ski or board with the kind of squeaky fast dry snow we have up on the mountain, but it is brutally cold up there. it has not gotten out of the single digits for almost two weeks and below zero at night with 15-20 and gusting NW winds on several of the days. Only good for a couple hours at best then it's time to go back inside and count fingers and toes.

Pedro says the water down around our marina is frozen up good as is the water over at Merrior. It ain't the middle of winter, not even close, but records are falling. Since we are discussing numbers, let's try 44!

That's right T minus 44 and counting to CBMWG 3.0

[Mas]

Alright.....at last post we had just seen 16 below zero ambient temps on the mountain and some of the coldest weather ever encountered down here in ole Virginny. Well if ya don't like the weather wait a week......it's already 66 this morning and due to hit 70 or above before day is done. At this rate we might have to skip right past CBMWG and go right to CBMSG. Hmm....guess the season is still winter so......

T minus 36

Bob, no worries about primacy, it's all good. We all embrace the opportunities we have to gather (the more the merrier!), no matter when or where! Happy trails, till we meet again. 

News flash......heard from Heave. He says some news may be on the horizon.

[Mas]

At 1700 on 1/20/18 Susan and I tipped a glass while at a music event to the group of Compacteers gathered up in Joisey land to celebrate this thing called sailing! It is now time to get those glasses lined up for "that other" mid winter event!

The ice has finally released it's grip on the bay, the days are slowly growing longer, the stories getting embellished, the faces of friends found cuz of this incredible forum missed. It must be time for Chesapeake Bay Mid Winter Gathering (CBMWG 3.0)  on 2/17/17. Warning to those who who may be coming, your reputation will be permanently impaired and the possibility of getting another boat may be enhanced, don't know why, it just happens! We are probably gunna set up a betting pool as to whether Bob will actually get that 16 or no! Pedro now has a sailboat again and has had these long winter evenings to get her looking good!

The Venue, Merrior, has now been named the most popular restaurant in Virginia. It is a pretty special place, and now we just gotta fill it with special people. 

T minus 26 and counting!

[Bob23]

  Fresh back from the infamous BBB Mid Winter Gathering of the East Coast Compac-o-nauts, I am looking forward once again meeting up with old and new friends a the CBMWG! Of course, my reputation has been permanently tarnished from last year so things can only look up from here!
  Depending on the weather and my mood, I may refrain from driving the Porsche down thar and bring the Guideboat "Straggler" perched atop the mighty and intrepid Tundra. Like I said, depending on my mood.
 

[Mas]

  Fresh back from the infamous BBB Mid Winter Gathering of the East Coast Compac-o-nauts, I am looking forward once again meeting up with old and new friends a the CBMWG! Of course, my reputation has been permanently tarnished from last year so things can only look up from here!
  Depending on the weather and my mood, I may refrain from driving the Porsche down thar and bring the Guideboat "Straggler" perched atop the mighty and intrepid Tundra. Like I said, depending on my mood.

Well Bob, ya definitely need to bring the Tundra. How else can you tow a 16 back with you!

https://fredericksburg.craigslist.org/boa/d/1987-com-pac-16-sail-boat/6469971078.html

Jus sayin.........though beginning to think you really don't want one!

Well last year there was discussion of a Flicka for sale, and now that fine craft is in the hands of Antonio and Marion. Who's next? CBMWG can be hazardous to your financial health as just so many boats! Meanwhile it's time to firm up this event now scheduled for 2/17. Last year we met for lunch and that is what is proposed again. Weigh in folks as the wish is for the best timing for folks who are driving from afar. It seemed to work last year. We have about a 3 hour trip but know many others have longer. Hoping we will get the usual partners in crime form previous years,, (that would be you Bob, Kevin and Lesa, Tim and Vicki, Wane and Phylis, Pedro and Becky, Heave and Jackie, and of course Susan and myself).

We also have some new folks that have expressed an interest, and we again give the disclaimer that we cannot promise your reputation will remain unscathed! Brian, hope you will be done with travels and can come. Leonardo, here's hoping that your time helping in Puerto Rico is fulfilling and that a return to the Bay can find you coming down. Def. gotta get together with our 16's for some small boat fun once the season turns. Dave, need to get down as well. It's time to check out the cruising ground down here so you can bring that 16 down for some fun as well!

Chesapeake Bay Mid Winter Gathering 3.0

When-    2/17/18    12:30
Where-   https://www.rroysters.com/restaurants/merroir
What-     Food, drink, fellowship

A clip from Kevin of last years event (no pictures from the bonfire later that same day at Pedro and Becky's, guess we were having too much fun!!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUM_7GxcCdQ&feature=youtu.be

T minus 24

[Mas]

Ok...it's now February and we have a proposed date for CBMWG. We are gunna be there no mater what, but have no idea if anyone is joining us! So 'me maties' weigh in on this plan.

Met a person on the lift while skiing yesterday and almost fell out of the lift when they talked about wanting to get a sailboat and then said it was a Compac 16!

[Tim Gardner]

Vicki and I plan to be there.
TG

[Bob23]

I most coitainly will be there...don't know about the Admiral yet.

[Mas]

Alrighty then we are sill hoping to hear from the rest of the usual suspects on this event! (along with some new ones!)

Meanwhile it appears that there will be a new Compac owner in the near future. Looking like another 16 is now gunna have a new home. Imma thinking that maybe i should take up the profession of boat fostering! Details to follow at Merrior.

So....who else is coming!

T minus 14 and counting. 

[Wayne J]

I will be there ...... just  checking to see if they still serve PBR....  and I see it's still $3

Phyllis may come.....

Wayne (CHEAP)

[Bob23]

Wayne El Cheepo- glad you're gonna be there. Another PBR guy!

[Mas]

It is getting closer! Haven't seen the bay, our boat, Merrior, and smelled the scent of the water and fabulous seafood in months!

Looking forward to seeing our sailing friends, (yes that includes Pedro now that he has a sailboat again) and sharing food, drink, and fellowship. Have heard from some of you but not all! How about it Kevin and Lesa, and hopefully some new faces as well Dave, Brian and Leonardo? Long term forecast is looking good so far.

Bob, it appears that another 16 has slipped by ya. Thats the bad news, the good news is the new owner is someone we know and she more than likely will be keeping her at our marina! Will fill ya in over a beer.

So....lets get this put in gear, it'll be time to plan CBMSG 3.0 before ya know it. Will fill folks in on the 17th.

T minus 10 and counting!