May 2, 2020: Jerry Pim Memorial Estebel Night Race
We had an absolutely splendid day on the water yesterday. At one point someone noted on the radio that the gulf had turned to diamonds. It was the perfect wind, creating the perfect ripples, with the perfect afternoon sun glittering off the water. There were four sailors who competed in the singlehanded class – this […]
Feb. 8, 2020: Commodore’s Cup – Day 1
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Jan. 25, 2020: Winter Series Regatta #1
Fantastic weather, fantastic racing, and a fantastic after-race party at Parrot Key, Fort Myers Beach.
Jan. 11, 2020: Change of Watch
Fort Myers, Florida – The sailing club with the unusual name – Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society (CMCS) – began celebrating a milestone achievement on Saturday. Their annual Change of Watch Banquet was held January 11th at the Marina at Edison Ford with live entertainment from The Pitbull of the Blues band and kicked off […]
Nov. 16: Festival of the Islands Regatta
We had a great event for the third 2019 – 2020 Boat of the Year Event. The first race of the season is always Summerset, but then there was a race down in Naples in late October and then we (CMCS) host the Festival of the Islands. By the way – for anyone interested – […]
Oct. 4 thru 6: Summerset Regatta
What a great weekend with fantastic weather and a terrific turnout for the 54th annual Summerset Regatta! 53 boats participated, either racing or cruising throughout the weekend of October 4-6. Hundreds of sailors celebrated together at the Friday Captain’s Party at Bonita Bill’s, the Saturday Cocktail Party at Nauti Parrot and the Sunday Awards Banquet […]
Sept. 15: Kayusa Cup
Here are the results from this weekend’s race. Thanks to all participants. We originally had 11 boats signed up but the wether was a little light on the wind component! But eventually the wind came around. I scored everyone in one class as this is a fun race and there was not enough boats […]
July 28: Our own Allen Fiske Wins BIG in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. (July 28, 2019) – The 2019 Independence Cup and U.S. Para Sailing Championship, hosted by the Judd Goldman Sailing Center and organized by the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation came to a close Sunday afternoon after three days of exciting and closely contested racing under challenging conditions on Lake Michigan. All three winners […]
Most Memorable Regatta – Part I
CMCS had five member boats out of the fleet of eleven that participated in the “Most Memorable Regatta” overnight race to Tampa Bay. Included in the fleet were “faster” boats including a Swan 53 and a Corsair trimaran, both of who beat Windy City on elapsed time, but Windy City won the whole race after […]
Feb. 23, 2019: Winter Series Regatta #5
We have now finished the last of the CMCS Winter Series. We had two boats new to racing with CMCS take first and second (Honour and Pepper) which is great. The more boats that we can get to participate the better. Thank you John Churchill and Carol Robinson for running the races and being committee […]
Feb. 16, 2019: Winter Series Regatta #4
Everyone was scored as one class as we only had six boats racing. You can easily see the results by class if you choose. But still a great day on the water. We ended up running four races with a nice tight course.
February 9, 2019: Commodore’s Cup (Winter Series Regatta #3)
What a great day on the water! Races were fun, competitive and at times, plenty of wind. And then the after party. I just feel sorry for all the people that didn’t come. Beer, Wings, Shrimp. And then lots of great conversation! The official results are as follows and the details are attached. Help the […]
Oct. 17: Festival of the Islands Regatta
To All that attended the Festival of the Islands Race! First I want to thank Bob and Bev Duff, Glen Vetter, and the crew on the Committee Boat! These events do not happen without them. And then a BIG thank you to Amy Gallagher and Paula Vetter for getting the after party organized. PERFECT! It […]
May 5: Estabel Race & Bloody Mary Brunch
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Mar. 10: Naples to Fort Myers Coastal Race
Great first half of the race! Second half a little slow and the finish, a little wet! My committee on the RC boat had a lovely afternoon under the canvas watching the boats come in. We had 12 registered and 10 finish the race. Great after party at our new adopted club house at […]
Feb. 24: Winterfest Regatta #5
So the results are in. We had a lovely race with an incredibly competitive fleet (at least for the front four boats). Here is a snap shot. Eroica managed to pull off a first, but if you look at the details, it was by a corrected time of only 46 seconds in the first race, […]
Feb. 10: Winterfest Regatta #3
Great day on the water on February 10 and according to the smiles, lots of fun racing. We had eight boats engaged in the event plus we had CALUSA, my boat, taking part as committee. After three buoy races, everyone made their way to the Salty Sam’s Marina to tie up and then into the […]
Jan. 27: Winter Series Race #1
The first race of the Winter Series was a fantastic day for sailing, followed by free beer at Salty Sam’s! Please Come Join Us This Saturday Feb 3! The Winter Series is bringing back the beer can race mentality of fun racing – and then right after each race a shore party at Salty Sam’s […]
November 11, 2017: Festival of the Islands Regatta
So the Festival of the Islands Race in Fort Myers today was fantastic! Fifteen knot plus winds out of the NE meant almost flat water and fast sailing. In all we had 9 boats across all four classes, but the closely competed cruising class had lots of photo finish sailing. Attached find the final results. […]
May 6, 2017: Estebel Distance Race
We had a fine evening for sailing the Jerry Pim Estebel Memorial. It has traditionally been a night race, and as Racing Commodore, I would have been in favor of running the race at night, but somehow it was moved to a 4:00 pm start prior to me being involved. I hope that next year, […]
April 30, 2017: San T’weenie Regatta
We had the first of this year’s distance races on Sunday April 30th. The race started just outside of Redfish pass at the north tip of Captiva Island. All of the race boats managed to get up and on the water in time despite a great evening party as part of the San T’Weenie Cruise! […]
March 25, 2017: Shrimp Festival Regatta
Sailors! The Shrimp Regatta was a tightly contested race with some of the finishes just seconds apart. What a great day on the water. I will say that the black fly attack ended our last race when the crew rebelled and we started the motor. The next race is the San T’weenie Cruise / Race. […]
February 11, 2017: Edison Gulf Regatta
So we had another great day for sailing on Saturday Feb. 11. There were 10 boats at the start line with 12 registered. Great news on CALUSA. We had three people join us for skipper/crew training and all were awesome. I will continue this program and make sure other skippers have these names as additions […]
