On behalf of the Board of Governors, welcome to the 77th year of the Manchester Harbor Boat  Club. Let’s all remember, the purpose of our Club is “to foster fellowship, promote and stimulate interest in boating, and encourage the full enjoyment of Manchester Harbor”. 

You won’t want to miss this year’s Spring Dinner Meeting, which is on April 3 at the American Legion. Our Spring Dinner speaker is Joe Harris, who has completed both solo and double handed sailing circumnavigation of the world.You can check this out on his website (gryphonsolo2.com). It’s pretty impressive and it will be an extremely interesting presentation.

If you’re looking for a book to read, check out Left for Dead. The author, Eric Jay Dolin, will be speaking at our Annual Dinner Meeting on November 6 at the American Legion.The book is about five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812. Eric has written a number of nautical books and this is his most recent.

Along with the usual notice for meetings by mail and email, members can go to our website: www.manchesterharborboatclub.org to get the updates on upcoming events and Club information. We also post on our Facebook Group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/490824971249940/. Please feel free to post pictures of your boating activities and exchange information for our Facebook Group. Also use our bulletin board at the dock entrance for activities and special events.

As always, please refer to and comply with all our Float Regulations contained in Part 7 of the Club roster. Please make sure you affix the numbered boat sticker to the outside of your transom where it is clearly visible to our dockhands. You are always encouraged to fly the Club burgee, display the Club burgee sticker or weat MHBC gear. The Ship’s Store has many great items for purchase. This year’s combination for the dinghies and water lock is 1629.  Dinghy stickers should be on the inside of the stern and please have a 5’ to 7’ scope on your dingy painter. 

I want to thank all the Board of Governors for their continued work.  The MHBC is a 100% volunteer organization and without their dedication the Club would not function properly.  I want to give special thanks to Kerri Bisner as Treasurer, Tom Colbert as Secretary and Phil Chase on the Technology Committee.

The Board of Governors would love to hear from you on how we can make each event more  special and how we can encourage the full enjoyment of Manchester Harbor. In addition, the Board is always looking for volunteers from membership to assist in organizing and facilitating events. We’re not talking about a huge time commitment but help from time to time. Please feel free to reach out to me our anyone on our board.

Sincerely,

Jim O’Neill

Commodore

MHBC