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November Head of the Hooch and Chili Dinner Meeting
November 4th and 5th Squadron members assisted with the 'Head of the Hooch' rowing contest.

Here the rowers are getting the boats ready to go and below we are getting the safety boats ready.  Lower right, Linda and Don had their boat available to assist all day Saturday being on the water 11 hours!

 
The racing started and ended in front of the 'Trail of Tears' fountain at Ross's Landing in down town Chattanooga.
The boats are of various sizes and carry different numbers of rowers. Some boats use two oars per person but most just use one. Hear are some examples out on the river.
Toward the end of the first day the Coast Guard buoy maintenance barge came through. Kind of mixed up the operation for a while.
It was kind of windy and cool but all and all another fun day on the water. And just another opportunity for the Chattanooga Sail and Power Squadron members to help out the boating community.

The November 19th Chili Dinner Meeting was held at the PYC Yacht Club. Hot Stuff

The Dinner meeting started out with a Bon Voyage party for Sue and Jim Kimmel who are setting off on a great loop cruise shortly. That's Sue and Jim second from right below.

They were given a few gifts to see them on their way.

 

 
Then there was the Chili which warmed everyone up. Members of the PYC were invited to attend as our thanks for letting us use the building for other events.
After dinner we thanked our chefs, Chuck and Stever and their helpers Debbie and Trish for the feast. And lower right, Steve also recived his 25 year pin.

We also passed out some course material reimbursment checks from Dirstrict to new members that have successfully completed their first class.  there were five other members who were not in attendance; their checks are in the mail.
Speaking of new members here we are swearing in Linda and Bob.  They are two of our latest new members picked up from the Engine Maintenance class.

Below the comander is displaying the co-op charting award that the squadron was given at the district meeting. The members with her earned the award for our squadron.

All in all it was a busy, happy group. As part of the event members donated gifts for  The Samaritan Center.  These will be used to assure a happy Christmas for some of the less fortunate..