CRUISERS LOOKING FORWARD TO AN ACTIVE YEAR

            Interesting cruising opportunities abound for club members in 2014. Check out this list of cruises and plan on joining the Cruising Fleet for good times, camaraderie and adventure on the Bay and beyond. We will tie up at marinas, visit other yacht clubs, anchor out, and enjoy all the good things that our wonderful cruising area has to offer.

            The season kicks off on May 3^rd with a shakedown cruise to Tabbs Creek, where we will be hosted by Charles and Sue Springett. Later in the month we will cruise the southern bay with visits to some of our fellow yacht clubs, including Mathews, Hampton and Norfolk.

            In early June we will sail to Norfolk for “Harborfest”, and toward the end of the month we will cruise up the Potomac to Washington, DC, for the Fourth of July celebrations. Early in July a group of boats will sail to Maine, planning to return by the end of August. Later in July we will reprise the popular kids’ cruise previously hosted by Frank and Grace Ann Miller.

            In the heat of August we will visit Crisfield for some good seafood and will continue on to the nearby, but seldom visited destination of Smith Island. The September Long Fall Cruise will depart from Dymer Creek on the morning after the Sarnowski Labor Day Party. Destinations are yet to be decided, but Baltimore is a possibility. October, one of the best sailing months on the Bay, will likely have two cruises; one of them may be a “cruise-in” to the Annapolis YC, similar to the visit made last year to the Tred Avon YC.

            Details and dates are still subject to change. More information will be available in future issues of Headway and will be posted on the club website. In the meantime, if you have any questions or want to offer suggestions, contact any of the cruise leaders listed on the chart below, or the Cruising Fleet Commander, Ted Kvell. We welcome your comments.

RRYC Cruising Schedule - 2014
Start	End	Days	Cruise	Cruise Leader
May
5/3/14	5/4/14	2	Shakedown Cruise to the Springetts’ home on Tabbs Creek	Charles & Sue Springett
5/16/14	5/27/14	12	Southern Bay Club Crawl	Coleman Brydon
June
6/3/14	6/10/14	8	Norfolk Harborfest Cruise	Jack and Jo Chamberlain
6/26/14	7/11/14	16	Fireworks in DC on the Fourth	Steve  Zukor
July
7/6/14	8/31/14	57	Maine Cruise	Carl Isbrandtsen
7/27/14	7/28/14	2	Kids' Cruise at RRYC clubhouse	Coleman Brydon
August - September
8/7/14	8/13/14	7	Crisfield and Smith Island	Ted Kvell
8/31/14	9/21/14	22	Long Fall Cruise: possibly visiting Baltimore	TBD
October
10/5/14	10/14/14	10	Short Fall Cruise: "follow the wind"	TBD
10/22/14	10/28/14	7	Cruise-in to the Annapolis Yacht Club	Frank Miller