It Is Official

We are having our Commodore’s Dinner tonight and we will be sitting at the elite head table. Dave is now officially the Rear Commodore of the Hope Town Sailing Club. What this means is that he will spend a two year duty being Rear Commodore, then two more years being Vice Commodore, before actually doing a two year term as Commodore. I sure hope our boat is still floating by the time this all comes about. His duties right now are to assist the other officers as needed as they ‘groom’ him to take over as head of this 300 member prestigious club. Not that he gets to make decisions on his own since everything is run by committees. It’s more of a figurehead position and the director of meetings. Still it is very commendable that he has been chosen for this honor. He is looking forward to working with this great group of people who cooperate and mesh well together. He will be the second youngest Commodore that they have ever had.

Not only will Dave be climbing the Commodore ladder, but he will also be Chairman of the House and Grounds Committee and in charge of maintenance and repairs of the clubhouse and dock. Hopefully there won’t be any hurricanes because that could really make for a mess and an interesting season of rebuilds.

I also am more involved with the sailing club and am now the Assistant Editor for their website. I send in reports and pictures for harbor happenings, BIC details (brief informal cruises), along with articles and the results for both the cruising boat and Abaco Dinghy/Sunfish races. It’s a natural that I would do this, since number one, I am on the internet quite often, and number two, Dave and I are both on the race committee and help run the races and regattas. Plus living on the boat in the harbor puts us in the center of activities and we enjoy taking part in the cruising events.

Last but not least, Dave has also acquired another, newly formed, title in the HTSC as Sunfish Fleet Captain. The club has 7 Sunfish sailboats that club members may use, but they are actually owned by the Junior Sailing Program. To keep everything in perfect working condition for all parties involved, Dave is in charge of doing check-outs of prospective sailors, training them how they are set up and then stored correctly. This is his favorite job since he also gets to go sailing to help make sure there aren’t any problems with the rigs or sailors.



It's a tough job but someone has to do it!