Important Announcement - Dues

Dear Members:

Last December, the Board approved a motion to increase the dues by $50.00.  That motion was on the agenda to be presented at the Annual Membership Meeting, scheduled for January 15th.  Due to an uptick of Covid, that meeting was postponed.  As a result, the increase has not been approved by the membership.   

Because of this, the collection of dues will be suspended until after the Annual Meeting on February 12th.  If you have recently sent a check, it will be held until after the Club has taken the vote.  For those who have already paid, WRYC will refund $50 if the increase is not approved.

We are sorry for any confusion this may have caused.

Thank you,

WRYC Board

Winter on the Ware

I don’t have much to report for February as there isn’t a great deal of Fleet activity this time of year. A reminder to the Sailing community that we are on for our February 19th meeting at the Club (11AM -2PM) to discuss the 2022 sailing season. I have received close to 30 responses to our survey and will be sending out an agenda and some sub-committee goals to those who responded.

Otherwise, just anticipating a well attended meeting and preparing for an active 2022 on the water !

Best

Jim Garrett
Fleet Manager

Welcome Aboard

Please welcome Steve & Sandy, our first new members of 2022. Steve and Sandy moved to Gloucester to be closer to their daughter, son-in-law and four grandsons.

Steve has sailed since college and they are both looking forward to meeting other members and getting involved in club activities.

Happy New Year / Deferred Annual Meeting

I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday season. There is not much to report at this time other than the timing of our annual meeting. Due to rising virus levels and out of an abundance of caution we have decided to postpone our meeting until February when it will hopefully be safer to gather. As this is a constantly evolving situation please be on the look out for Board communication regarding this event. We have tentatively scheduled for 2/12/22 and it is my sincere hope to see you there.

Jonathan Matthews

Commodore

Happy New 'Fleet" Year

As we start the new year and 2022 sailing season we have quite a few improvements to share and of course we have a new Keel boat in the Fleet and a 3rd Club Albacore. I’m working with Joe Morgan on our planning for the Sailing Community Meeting to be held sometime in late February, probably the 19th. Once the date is confirmed I’ll send a separate email with details.

You should have also received a survey link that was sent to your email about a week ago which identifies which area(s) of sailing you would like to participate in for 2022. To date we have seen only 14 survey responses and based on the interest we’ve seen in our adult sailing, Albacore series and Club keel boat usage, I would hope to see at least 30 to 40 total response. It’s critical to the success of the meeting, and our success of our Sailing season that you let us know your area of interest, so we can plan the best sailing experience possible. Please click on this link to submit a survey response if you did not receive it previously.

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you in February!

Jim Garrett

Fleet

Annual Meeting - February 12

ANNUAL MEETING & SUPPER

February 12, 2022

Social:  4:30 PM, Meeting: 5:00 PM

Supper to Follow Meeting

TACO BAR

BEEF & CHICKEN TACOS WITH ALL THE FIXINS’

RE-FRIED BEANS

ICE CREAM SANDWICHES FOR DESSERT

HOSTED BY YOUR WRYC BOARD!!!

Adults – FREE, Children – FREE, EVERYONE’S FREE!!!

BYOB, Complimentary soft drinks, mixers & water

RSVP by Monday, February 7th to

Layne Brown, Club Rental Manager: wareriveryc@gmail.com

(804) 502.7354