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Caloosahatchee Marching and Chowder Society

Membership & Commodore’s Summerset Recruitment Report Report Report

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CMCS Chowder Chatter June, 2018

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Commodore’s Update

Summerset Update

8 Membership & Recruitment

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Liberty Ashore Update

BOATS &

13 Boats & Gear - some-thing for everybody de-pending what you looking for?

CMCS Newsletter June 2018

ON THE COVER “I SHEET U KNOT” Joe & Denise Vidal’

42 Hunter CC

9 Ladies Bridge Club

11 CMCS Summer Picnic

Editor - Bob Friedel - Please direct any questions or inquires to [email protected]

16 CMCS Event Calendar

2018 Summerset Sponsors 14-15 12

Parrothead Cruise - Tween Waters Marina

CRUISE FLYERS

5 Cruising Report

6 - 7 Bloody Mary Brunch Cruise / Estebel Race 10

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Commodore’s Message


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online and all members are encouraged to par-ticipate in this event. Allen Fiske is Vice Commodore of Summerset and many hands make the job much easier.

With CMCS, there is always something to do and I hope that everyone will take full advantage of our full schedule. Just remember to RSVP those events as requested. See you on the wa-ter!

Bev Duff Commodore s/v Chase the Clouds

Summertime and Summer-set. The Committee is in place, the Artwork has been selected, the Venues are in place.

The profits from last year's Re-gatta have been distributed and

the kids have been lined up for this Summer's to Learn to Sail Programs..

It's time to hunt down Sponsors, Update the No-tice of Race, finalize the Skipper Bags and final-ize Participants Resources. We have only gotten a handful of Boat Name Shirtsleeve Sponsorships in so please think about yours. Our next Committee Meeting will be at my condo on Wed June 27. Allen Fiske Vice Commodore Summerset s/v Minimum Balance

Vice Commodore of Summerset

Allen Fiske

““You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the wa-ter.” Rabindranath Tagore

Here we are midpoint through this term in CMCS govern-ance. Many thanks to every-one who had stepped up to help with the steerage of this organization!

We have crew onboard with the Ships Store, Gay & Patrick O'Keefe. Members will see the merchandise out at each meeting. Russ Green and Rose Young have been our Ship’s Store merchants over the past few years and ready to move on . . . Many thanks for their dedication of this task. Mark Franzer has stepped up to manage the challenge of CMCS Public Relations. His first dive into CMCS realm will be Summerset Re-gatta this fall, and on going as we extend the word about CMCS through out SW Florida. Thanks Mark !!! Speaking of Mark, and his lovely spouse, Mau-reen, they are Cruise Leaders of the “Danger Island” Cruise to Pelican Bay for Memorial weekend. By the time this goes to press this year’s cruise will be history with its own tale to tell. Speaking of summer cruises, Bob & I are plan-ning the Fisherman’s Village Cruise, June 14-17, 2018. We have reservations for Fri. & Sat. evening in place. And, the marina is open to ex-tend for either Thurs or Sunday nights. It is an RSVP to reserve dockage! Please read the Cruise write up in May’s Chowder Chatter and the WEB site. It’s a fun cruise and lots to do at Fisherman’s Village Marina and Mall. Summerset Regatta is the first weekend of Oc-tober 2018. It’s never too early to get the spon-sorships in place. Forms are available

Commodore Bev Duff


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Bimini Basin Mooring Field To all who have been watching, an ordinance establishing a

mooring field in Cape Coral's Bimini Basin seems like a virtual

certainty. Despite a boat load of uncertainties, no monetary resources allocated and a state permitting process that will likely take a year or more, the Mayor and City Council members seem poised to push this through. At the public hearing on May 1st, the City's consultant (Stantec) proposed two alter-nate designs. One of them would hold 18 boats, up 35 feet in length, with another holding 15 boats, with three moorings for 45-foot boats. This design proc-ess seems to be largely driven by research into other state mooring fields and the public's input, with the property owners in the area, naturally being very vocal so far. Its important for responsible boaters to make their voices heard. I'd estimate there were 10 or so sailors there from the Cape Coral Sailing Club and 3 CMCS members. If you would like to make comments/feedback on the ordinance or mooring field design, do so ASAP at capecoralmooring-field.com/contact. The City council is set to hear this again on June 4th & 11th.

City Council Hearings: Monday, June 4th, 4:30 pm & Monday, June 11th, 4:30 pm 1015 Cultural Park Boulevard Cape Coral, FL 33990

Recap of May 1 meeting: http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/666827/Second-workshop-held- for-Bimin i -moor ing -field.html?nav=5011 Chiquita Lock Removal To my knowledge, there is not much news on this lately. I hope to have more info once we get closer to the next submission to FDEP, which I've been told is August 1.

Vice Commodore & Legislative

Liaison Jason Pim

"Eden Oak" Development Near Shell Creek In Fort Myers, keep an eye out for more informa-tion on a pro-posed develop-ment and zoning discussion con-cerning 307 acres of wet-lands just south of Shell Creek near Punta Rassa. There was an initial zoning hearing on May 18 with a continuance to September 25th. SCCF is monitoring this closely: http://sccf.org/our-work/natural-resource-policy/eden-oak

June Membership Meeting: Storm Preparedness

Hello storm season! Rather than having 1 speaker for the program in June, we will be having an inter-active discussion focused around storm prepared-ness. We have a lot of collective experience in the club and everyone is encouraged to think on your best recommendations and tips for preparing your boat and property for tropical storms and hurricanes. We'll discuss as a small groups and present to the full membership.

Estebel Night Race and Cruise - Thank you I just wanted to thank everyone who came out or also helped for the recent race, cruise and bloody mary brunch weekend at Pink Shell. It was a great time that did a good job of mixing the various activi-ties that CMCS members are passionate about; rac-ing, cruising and socializing! Random news of the month Hobie Cat World Championship coming to Lee County in 2019 https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2018/05/15/lee-county-lands-2019-hobie-cat-championship-250-k-sponsorship/609322002/

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The first Bloody Mary Cruise in conjunction with the Jerry Pim Memorial Race was held the first week of May. The great staff at Pink Shell was on the docks to greet us

on Friday. We had 12 boats at the docks and one boat an-chored out due to a full house. Ambiance, Eroica, Gopher Baroque, Jack B, Lion-

heart, Mingo, Passion III, Sail La Vie, Salty Soul, Sol Adventure, Trust Me!!!, Windy City and Windswept were there. The fun started Friday May 4th at Pink Shell Marina’s Bongo Deck overlooking the bay for Happy Hour following some needed pool time. Saturday morning found us walking on the beach or lounging by the pool. The race was on Saturday evening following the rain. We fin-ished up the weekend with the Bloody Mary Brunch on Sunday morning. We had 53 guests for the brunch on the lawn of the marina. A special thanks goes to our bartender Jason Pim for serving those wonderful Bloody Mary’s and Mimosas. The Pink Shell was a lovely venue for combining cruising and racing and we look forward to more great adventures there. Steve and I had our own cruising adventure last week during the monsoon rains coming across the Okeechobee Waterway with our new trawler Ranger. We stayed at a friend’s dock in Palm City a n d c h e c k e d out the very inter-esting Indi-a n t o w n M a r i n a . We met wonderful folks at all

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the locks and watched horses come down for a d r i n k a l o n g the St. L u c i e R i ve r . We got t o m e e t t h e

wonderful Cap’n Sam at Roland Martin Marina and check out the world famous Tiki Bar in Clewiston, the self-proclaimed Bass Capital of the World. The wildlife sightings were spectacu-lar.

Well, Storm Season decided to come early this year, and Danger Island was deemed to be too dangerous this year. New rulers Mark and Mau-reen Franzer will have to wait until next year to begin their reign. We look forward to seeing what they’re planning since they have an entire year to come up with some grand schemes. I had an email from Kim Brown on Trust Me!!! on Thursday and they decided to go up to Cayo Costa for a couple of days and see how it goes. There w e r e only 4 b o a t s in all o f P e l i -c a n B a y ! H e sent a lovely photo of the sunset that I’m calling “The Calm Before the Storm.”

Next up is Fisherman’s Village over Father’s Day Weekend June 14-17. Please see flyer elsewhere in Chowder Chatter for details or contact Cruise Leader Bev Duff for more infor-mation.

That’s all for now. Hope to see you out on the water.

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Membership and Recruitment

Ahoy CMCS Members! We had another wonderful at-tendance to last month’s membership meeting. Thanks to Allen Fiske for the

slide show presentation about his sailing adventure last year to Quebec City, Canada o n t h e w h e e l c h a i r -assessable catamaran Im-possible Dream.

Seven guests joined us. Also, Bud and Jean Bushen joined as new members during the meeting! Bud is a former Navy man and they hail from PA and NY. They are now permanent residents of Cape Coral. Give them a big welcome! They aren’t boat owners at the present time. That doesn’t stop our members from socializing. Our land-based events such as the shrimp boil, EPOL, grill night and chili cook off, to name a few, offer our non-boat owning members plenty of opportunities to participate in club events. Thank you to Glen Vetter, our Web Master, for placing the new membership application form on our site along with the renewal application. Now that the new membership application is available to down load, the process should be easier. Thank you to all our members for wearing your name tags to the meetings and other functions. Remember attendance to our events and volun-teering add to what makes CMCS so special. Fair winds and following seas,

Cathy Friedel Fleet Recruiter

Membership and Recruitment Chairperson

Cathy Friedel

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CMCS 2018 OFFICERSCMCS 2018 OFFICERS

Commodore Bev Duff

Vice Commodore Jason Pim

Vice Commodore Summerset Allen Fiske

Past Commodore Sandy Canning

Rear Commodore Racing

James Gallagher

Rear Commodore Cruising

Theresa Roake

Purser Denise Vidal

Yeoman Tami Hathaway


2018 CMCS Officers

● Commodore: Bev Duff

● Vice Commodore: Jason Pim

● Vice Commodore– Summerset: Allen Fiske

● Rear Commodore—Cruising: Theresa Roake

● Rear Commodore—Racing: James Gallagher

● Fleet Yeoman: Tami Hathaway

● Fleet Purser: Denise Vidal

● Past Commodore: Sandy Canning

Ladies Bridge Club Ladies Bridge Club will be

taking a break for the summer. We will re-sume activities in the fall

Rose Ann Hoffman and

Rose Young Co-Chairpersons Ladies Bridge Club

Ladies Bridge Club Chairpersons Rose Ann

Hoffman and Rose Young

Liberty Ashore

Hi, sailors!

The next Liberty Ashore-organized event is the

CMCS SUMMER PICNIC at the Cape

Coral Yacht Club Pavilion. The event will be held on Saturday, July

28, 2018 from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.

CMCS will provide burgers and Ital-ian Sausages with all the trimmings, (lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese & condiments). Each member is asked to bring an appetizer, salad, side dish or dessert to share. Members with last names beginning with A-L are asked to bring an appetizer or dessert. Members with last names beginning with M –Z are asked to bring a side dish or salad.

As always, this is a BYOB event. (The Club will not be providing beverages.)

IMPORTANT!! We need volunteers willing to help with the event (set up, clean up, etc.) and especially people who are willing to COOK. Come out and enjoy a really great time! For questions, or to RSVP, or to volunteer, please use the handy form which will send an automated email to our organizer.

Click here to RSVP http://www.cmcs-sail.org/event/summer-picnic/

Have a great summer, and see you there! Julie Long & Wendy Cook Liberty Ashore Chairpersons

m/v Calypso and s/v Gone with the Wind

Liberty Ashore Chairpersons Wendy Cook and Julie Long

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Come join us for a long weekend cruise over Fathers Day to Fishermen’s Village in Punta Gorda on beautiful Charlotte Harbor Slips a plenty awaiting us ~ so don’t hesitation! A rate not to be beat @ “couple of bucks”, yes you read right ~ $2.00 a foot. There is an additional nominal cost for Electric ($2.50 -$5.00 per day). Just let us know if you require 30 amp or 50 amp. We have the use of the Yacht Room f/ our activities during our stay. Very nice, clean facilities including showers and laundry. Pool, grills, and bikes all pro-vided free of charge to guests. Full itinerary will be provided closer to the event date. Lots to do with amenities a plenty! There is always plenty to do at Fisherman’s Village Mall & Punta Gorda. Bike to the Historic Town of Punta Gorda. Day of beauty at Spa or just lounge around the pool. Eat out or eat In, shop til you drop! If the Group would like to do it; there is Harbor cruise that can be arranged at group pricing. Planned departure Thurs. June 14 with night at anchor in Pelican Bay then onto Fisherman’s Village for 2 or 3 nights with return to Ft. Myers on Sunday the 17th. Those who wish to linger are welcome just let us know ahead of time. Some boats come in early & some stay late . . . Please contact Bev Duff via Email [email protected] OR via phone 239-278-3733. The more boats the merrier! Please leave skippers name, Boat name, length, beam, draft and contact phone. Invite you to look at their WEB site: www.fishville.com

CMCS FISHERMAN’S VILLAGE CRUISE

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CMCS ANNUAL PARROTHEAD CRUISE

August 17-19, 2018 TWEEN WATERS MARINA

You might be a Parrothead if. . . . You think Margaritas are a food group You’ve spent a great deal of time contemplating the whereabouts of that lost shaker of salt You think there’s a woman to blame or it might be your own damn fault You’ve ever blown out your flip flop You’ve heard about the CMCS Meet Us in Margaritaville Cruise and you’re dying to be there

Mark your calendars for August 17th,18th and 19th. This event will be at ‘Tween Waters Re-sort on Captiva. Friday night cocktail party, Saturday night Buffett inspired pot luck, Sunday morning break-fast on the dock. More details will follow! And, of course, there will be those famous Meet Us in Margaritaville games! This event is hosted by Jean and Gary Blessing. You will need to reserve your slip through the club (see below) For further information contact Jean Blessing: [email protected] or (239) 321-9480. You must register with Jean by July 17, when 'Tween Waters needs the list of up to 12 boats for this cruise. Once the list is submitted, you may call 'Tween Waters to give them your credit card info. Be sure to tell them you’re with CMCS.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Tween Waters Marina CMCS Rate will be $2.25/ft. LOA. Reservation Deadline 7/17/18 Name:______________________ Boat Name:_________________; Sail_ or Power_? LOA:_____; Beam:____; Draft:_____; 30__ or 50___ Amp Electric Service? Nights Requested: Friday, August 17___; Saturday, August 18___; Both Nights ____ Send to: Gary & Jean Blessing, 5110 Atlantic Ct., Cape Coral, FL. 33904 (239) 321-9480 (home) [email protected]


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1982 C&C Yachts Landfall 35 $18,500….FOR SALE

LOA- 35 ft 48 ft Mast - Draft- 4'10” Shoal Draft Keel Beam - 10'8” Yanmar 3HM- 30 hp, Just re-conditioned for Spring 2018...Couples Cruiser design with settee V-berth/dinette...¼ Berth -starboard with all new marine grade cover-ing...Raymarine Autohelm- Autopilot...Raymarine Autohelm - Wind speed and direction meter...Raymarine Autohelm - Depth Sounder...Lowrance Chartplotter/GPS with active depth sounder...Manual Windlass & CQR anchor...Compass...VHF Radio- base...VHF Radio- handheld...Furling Genoa...Fully battened Main-sail...Automatic Bilge pump...New Raritan marine head- with new holding tank hoses and macerator...auxiliary pump-out...Shower head with Sump pump...2 House batteries- Automatic charging relay and rotary switch...Dual automatic Charger...1 Engine battery...Outboard motor bracket on rail...Dual swim platforms with center ladder...Dodger/spray hood...Extra large bimini...Stereo...Icebox cooler/built in...3 Burner Range with oven...New 11lb propane tank with new electric valve and lines...2- Cruisair Carryon- hatch mount air conditioners...7 piece cockpit cush-ion set- all marine vinyl- Large seating for 8- Removable center table...Rope clutch for main halyard

Barry and Julie Long, ph 678-542-0956, [email protected]

C.M.C.S . CHANDLERY Buy, sell, trade

Members, to advertise your boating-related items free in the CMCS Chandlery, e-mail Bob Friedel, Chowder Chatter Editor at [email protected]

or use your roster for telephone information. Your ad will be listed for 3 months unless you notify me to take your listing out sooner.

Non-members are welcome to advertise their items at a price of $30.00 for 3 months. Business cards or business related listings sent in digital format only :

Members: 3 months, $25.00 Non-members: 3 months, $50.00

Send a check made out to C.M.C.S. to : Chowder Chatter Editor, P.O Box 101268, Cape Coral, FL 33910

FOR SALE

1983 Merit 25 “MERITORIOUS”

Great racer / weekend cruiser. Useable Dacron Sails. Three spinnakers. Spinna-ker pole and spinnaker gear. All lines and halyards led aft to cockpit. Heavy duty SS outboard bracket. Mast-mounted Sailcomp compass and Raymarine speedo. Twin bulkhead Ritchie Helmsman compasses. VHF radio and LOTS more. The boat has been dry-sailed and has a VC Performance Epoxy bottom (very smooth—not anti-fouling). THIS BOAT IS IN SAIL-AWAY CONDITION!

$995.00

AVAILABLE OPTIONS: UK Tape Drive Main (very Good Condition) $400.00 UK Tape Drive 155% Genoa (Very Good Condition) $400.00 Line Control Whisker Pole $400.00 2011 Tohatsu 4-stroke 6 HP EL Shaft outboard $850.00 Custom sailboat lift cradle (you move) $500.00

Steve Roake [email protected]


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CMCS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS June / July2018

June 12 Board Meeting June 14 - 17 Fisherman’s Village Cruise June 19 Membership Meeting July 10 Board Meeting July 17 Membership Meeting July 28 Summer Picnic

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