Fall Outing
October 3, 2008 @ 6:00 PM
Salem Ferry, Salem

Join us for a wonderful cruise on the Salem Ferry from Salem to Boston's Long Wharf. The ferry departs at 6:10, so please arrive no later than 6:00. The return trip departs from Long Wharf at 10:00. Off season rate is $9 subject to fuel surcharge.

More details to be announced...

Carribean Charters Discussion
November 13 , 2008 @ TBD
Marblehead Yacht Club, Marblehead

Details to be announced...

Holiday Dinner
December 4 , 2008 @ TBD
Boston Yacht Club, Marblehead

Guest speaker is Eric Dolin, author of Leviathan, History of Whaling in America.

More details to be announced...

January Meeting
January 15 , 2009 @ TBD
Salem Beerworks, Salem, MA

Details to be announced...

Annual Meeting / Change Of Watch
February 8 , 2009 @
Marblehead Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA

Details to be announced...

Family Picnic
August 13, 2008 from 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Devereaux Beach Pavilion, Marblehead

The Marblehead Sail and Power Squadron invites members and their guests to a cookout in Marblehead at the Devereaux Beach Pavilion closest to the Lime Rickey restaurant.

Hotdogs and burgers with all the trimmings and soft drinks will be provided. Please RSVP by Friday, August 8 to Administrative Officer Lou Schoenthal by email or at 978-745-9746. Please include a count (adults and children) of your family and friends who are coming.

Why cook that night? Come join us for a relaxing evening in a friendly setting.

The evening will begin with a social hour (cash bar), followed by a delicious dinner, and then feature our guest speaker, Stephen Gagin.

Mr. Steve Gagin accompanied a team of Russian divers on their descent to RMS Titanic. Steve has a very interesting DVD on this expedition, which he will narrate as the visuals are running. He is a graduate of the Citadel in Charleston, SC. Stephen was commissioned in the US Navy and became a Diving Officer, stationed in Hawaii. Steve was invited by a team of Russian divers who descended to the RMS Titanic. Join us for this fascinating presentation.

Dinner Entrée Choices
Roast Prime Rib of Beef au jus
Boneless Breast of Chicken Picatta
Baked Haddock with Seafood Crumb Topping
Entrees include rolls, house salad, vegetable, dessert and coffee or tea.
Price per person: $35, including gratuity and tax

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Victuals and social hour at 7:00.

Menu: Clam Chowder, Salad, Pita Bread. Crackers and cheese, and Mini Carrot Cake.

Lecture at 8:00: “The Best Fishing on the North Shore”. Our own Ed Wolfe will tell us where to find fish and how to catch them in Salem Sound and surrounding areas.

We will sell raffle tickets for the following prizes:

• One $75 certificate for The Tides restaurant
• One $50 certificate for West Marine
• One $25 for Brodies Pub in Peabody

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Annual Meeting / Change Of Watch
Sunday, February 10th - 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Marblehead Yacht Club

Our Annual Change of Watch will take place as a brunch meeting. Please attend and vote for members of
the new bridge. You could consider it a practice session for future voting in 2008.

The menu will consist of Egg Casserole, Bagels and Cream Cheese; some Danish, Coffee; and Juice.

There will also be a raffle of some really good prizes for $1.00 a ticket.

Speakers Dave and Cal Johnson will present their popular presentation describing their trip down the Intra-Coastal Waterway to Miami:  The Adventures and Misadventures of the Shearwater.

This will be a fun and productive meeting. Don’t miss it!

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January Meeting - "Winter Tune-Up"
Thursday, January 10 @ 6:30 PM
Salem Beer Works - 278 Derby Street, Salem, MA

Join us to "tune" the spirit and souls of the membership this winter, rather than our inboards, outboards or rigging waiting for us in spring.

As always, smart boat talk and wearing funny hats is encouraged. Relaxation, conviviality, and good cheer are mandatory.

The Squadron will provide hors d'oeuvres for our members at the cash bar  -- don’t forget to enjoy the brewery’s award-winning microbrews.

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December General Meeting & Holiday Dinner
Friday, December 7, 2007 @ 6:30 PM
Capt's Waterfront Grill & Club
94 Wharf St, Pickering Wharf, Salem, MA 01970 (Get Directions)

Brian Hancock,

with a career in sailing, sail making, speaking, and writing presents:
 
“Extreme Sailing”

Find out what it’s like to sail at 40 knots on a maxi catamaran. Or how it feels to be alone on board with a spinnaker set trying to sleep while the boat sails at 20 knots. Hear about capsizing at Cape Horn, the trials and tribulations of running a new circumnavigation race out of the Middle East and the sheer joy of a career on the open ocean. Please visit Brian’s website at: http://www.brianhancock.org/ 

Menu - choices to be made at the table!

New England Clam Chowder or Petite Garden Salad

Grilled Swordfish Steak with a tangy fruit salsa
Petit Filet Mignon wrapped in applewood smoked bacon
Roasted 1/2 Chicken with sausage-herb stuffing
Traditional Baked Haddock with battered cracker crumbs

Bourbon, Butter Pecan, & Cranberry Bread Pudding
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Super Premium Ice Creams & Sorbets

You just can’t miss this meeting!

Price: $40.00 (Tax and Tip Included). This is a good deal!

Capt’s Waterfront Grill & Club
94 Wharf St, Pickering Wharf, Salem, MA 01970 (Get Directions)

Social Hour at 6:30, Dinner at 7:30, Speaker to follow

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MSPS October Meeting

Thursday November 1st, 7 to 9:00 p.m
Marblehead Yacht Club, 4 Cliff Street, Marblehead, MA

Lecture at 8:00: “Coastal Awareness”
Detective Sergeant Michael Andreas
Salem Police Department
Special Operations Division
Covering Intelligence, Operations and Training

Buffet Menu!

Pork Roast, Stuffing
Applesauce, Pumpkin Cookies

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September General Meeting
Friday, September 28, 2007 @ 6:10 PM
Salem Ferry parking lot, Salem, MA

    
Photos courtesy salemferry.com.

This month’s “meeting” is on the water.

You’ve always wanted to try the Salem Ferry? Haven’t you? But you’ve had no compelling reason to do so?

Here is your opportunity! The season is nearly over.

Enjoy a comfortable 45-minute ride on the ferry’s high-speed catamaran from Blaney Street, next to the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, to the Aquarium in downtown Boston. Free parking is available in the Ferry’s lot in Salem. Click here for directions to the Salem Ferry. Click here for the Salem Ferry web site.

No activities are planned but three hours in town provides enough time to dine (Legal Seafood has been suggested) or hanging out at a watering hole of your choice chatting and eating hors d’oeuvres with friends. Of course, the ferry landing is only a short walk to Faneuil Hall and the North End.

Reservations are unnecessary. Arrive at 5:45 p.m. for the 6:10 p.m. ferry to Boston and be at the dock at 9:45 for the 10.00 p.m. return trip home.

Fare: All tickets are $7.95 each way (Ferry is currently operating on the Fall schedule).

Please join us! This caper should be fun!

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May General Meeting
Friday, May 25, 2007, beginning at 6:30 pm
Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA

Members and guests are invited to our Spring Dinner. Our guest speaker is Michael Tougias, author of Ten Hours Until Dawn, the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do during the Blizzard of 1978.

The evening will begin at 6:30 pm with a social hour (cash bar) followed by dinner at 7:30, with our speaker to follow. Cost per person is $35.00 inclusive of taxes and gratuities.

Dinner includes a house salad, entree choice of Roast Prime of Beef au jus, Baked Haddock with Seafood Crumb, or Chicken Picatta, and dessert of English Trifle and coffee or tea.

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April General Meeting & Welcome Aboard Night
Thursday April 26, 7 to 9 pm (Presentation: 8pm)
Marblehead Yacht Club

High Latitude Sailing; Cruising Cape Horn and the glaciers of Tierra del Fuego
Guest Speaker Peter Nielson

The boat and its preparation, the history of the region, the challenging sailing conditions, the astounding
natural beauty. This visually stunning presentation was collected over a two week period in January 2007 by Peter Nielson, Editor SAIL, BoatWorks, and Sailboat Buyers Guide.

Cookies, Crackers, Cheese, & Liquid Refreshments

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March General Meeting
Thursday March 29, 7 to 9 pm (Presentation: 8 pm)
Marblehead Yacht Club

Politics, Privateering, and Profits: Elias Hasket Derby in the American Revolution
Guest Speaker Emily Murphy

During the American Revolution, Salem merchants turned their cargo vessels to a patriotic purpose: they became privateers. But who were the privateers? What was the difference between pirates and privateers? And just how much money could you make from privateering?

Join Emily Murphy, Salem resident and doctoral candidate at Boston University, as she answers these questions and explores the revolutionary activities of one of Salem's most famous merchants.

Cookies, Crackers, Cheese, & Liquid Refreshments

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Beat the Winter Blues
January 18, 2007, 7:00 PM
Salem Beer Works, 278 Derby Street, Salem, MA

Please join us for a "Beat the Winter Blues" evening at Salem Beer Works.  We will gather at 7 pm. The squadron will buy appetizers.  Members and their guests buy your drinks or maybe stay and have some dinner. Check out their web site at www.beerworks.net.  Hope to see you there!

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Holiday Dinner
Friday, December 1, 2006, 7:00 PM
Boston Yacht Club, 1 Front St, Marblehead MA

Our Special Guest of Honor and Speaker is Daniel Finamore, The Russell W. Knight Curator of Maritime Art and History at the Peabody Essex Museum. The evening will begin with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. A lovely dinner and dessert will follow. Dress is “smart casual”.

Dinner includes a Caesar salad and rolls, a choice from three main courses with grilled asparagus and roasted potatoes, a dessert of Strawberries Romanoff, and coffee or tea. The cost includes tax and gratuities.

Main Course Choices are:

• Salmon encrusted with almonds and hazelnuts - $49.00
• Roast pork loin with apple cranberry chutney - $42.00
• Chicken cordon bleu - $42.00

Please send your reservation and payment to Roberta Moss by Monday, November 20, 2006. The reservation form can be found on page 11 of the November Newsletter.

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Essex River Cruise
Saturday, September 9, 2006, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Essex Marina, 35 Dodge Street, Essex, MA

Narrated by Captain Ron Morin, this two-hour cruise will depart the Essex River, continue into Essex Bay, throughout the Ipswich Estuary, the backside of Crane’s Beach (Great Neck), and around Choate Island.

Price is $20 for Adults and $7 for children under 12. 

You are invited to bring a lunch to eat on board; beverages  will be provided. Of course, if you prefer to wait until 1 pm, you have a fine selection of restaurants to choose from in the area.

A reminder to those who made reservations for the originally scheduled cruise in June: your reservation is still in effect.

Directions: Take Route 128 North to Exit 15. The sign says "School St., Manchester, Essex". At end offramp take a left onto Southern Ave. Follow approximately 3 miles into Essex to a STOP sign. At the sign take a left onto Route 133 West. Follow 133W for a little under a mile, past Woodman's restaurant and the causeway and take a right onto Spring St. just before Ernie's Garage. Our sign is on the corner of Spring St.  Follow Spring St. for about 100 yards and take the first right onto Dodge St. Follow Dodge St. to the end. Essex River Cruises and Charters is on your right at the Essex Marina.

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September General Meeting
Thursday, September 28, 2006, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Dolphin Yacht Club, 17 Allerton Place, Marblehead MA

Desserts and beverages will provided, a brief meeting will take place, and our special guest speaker Historian Bill Conly will entertain us with his favorite topic — Marblehead Light.

Directions. Take Atlantic Ave into Marblehead. Turn right at Commercial St (landmark CVS). Continue for 2 blocks and turn left on Gregory St (One Way). Make your 1st right unto Allerton Place. DYC is on the water.

Parking. There is limited parking at the DYC so we recommend that you look for parking on Allerton Pl, Gregory St (one way) or Hawkes St.

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October General Meeting
Thursday, October 26, 2006, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Marblehead Yacht Club

As we move into the Harvest season, come share your summer stories — on the water, the beach, and.... 

We will provide food in the Oktoberfest style and beer amongst other beverages. Members are asked to bring desserts.

A brief meeting will take place, followed by our guest speaker Larry Rosenfeld.

Welcome Aboard Night
Thursday, November 16, 2006, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Marblehead Yacht Club, 4 Cliff St, Marblehead MA

Theme: South by Southwest

Twice a year (April and November) , we set aside a night to focus on new members. This night includes lots of time for socializing, eating, and a brief presentation about who we are, what we do, and the benefits and opportunities of MSPS. All members and their guests are invited to help welcome our new members.

Roy’s Famous Pork BBQ will be served along with a variety of beverages. Members are asked to bring desserts.

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