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CBNA NewsletterFall 2015

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Commodore’s Log

Fall 2015 New slet ter

The splendor of fall is on full display.Very soon the chill of the coldest monthsof the year will arrive. The sailingseason for most is about to become aclosed entry in the cruisers’ log book.This last statement may be true for mostof us, although down in Solomonsreports are that they are loading thelockers full of polartec garments, the toolbins with baseball bats for dealing withice buildup topsides, and attaching theirice-breaking prow appendages for

clearing away at the waterline in thesailing season to come! Should we startcalling them “The Arctic Cats”?

2015 was a very successful year forthe CBNA. Once again there were wellover 30 boats in the fleet – in fact, closerto 40, at least on the roster. If we addthe members who are “boatless” to theroster, which we do, our membershipclimbs to over 40.

A recap of the year starts with arementioning of our winter planningmeeting/luncheon at The Boatyard Barand Grill in Eastport in February. There,

we set the dates for our two rendezvous in2015. We also announced that the Boardof the International Nonsuch Association(INA) was coming to Annapolis in May tohold their annual spring meeting, and toinvite the membership of CBNA to adinner reception they were hosting at theirmeeting. When the time came, numerousmembers in fact did attend and heard,among other things, that the INA wasexploring holding the 2016 InternationalRendezvous on the Chesapeake Bay.More on that later.

Meanwhile, Al Burke and JimCosgrove who had stepped up to organizethe spring rendezvous, put together theevent in Fairlee Creek at Great OakLanding. The Saturday events at therendezvous were memorable for the verynice parade of sail we had on the upperChesapeake Bay north of Fairlee Creek,whose unique narrow entrance we all gotto experience once again, or for the thevery first time, in some cases. Perhaps themost memorable thing was the epicthunderblasting we took right as wegathered in the comfort and safety of themarina restaurant for dinner that evening.It was great to be inside watching theboats endure the storm down at the dockslips outside.

Thank goodness Jim Cosgrove stayedon top of things-CBNA during thesummertime! He kept in touch withGeorge and Dottie Pacharis about the fallrendezvous. Luckily George and Dottie

Commodore continues ...

Commodore demos boardingtechnique ... or cools heels?


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Chesapeake Bay Nonsuch Association

Fall Rendezvous, September 18-20Butch & Karen report ...

As you can imagine, there are things thathappen behind the scenes that the masses neversee. The same happens to CBNA rendezvous’.Jim and Martha Cosgrove made a valiant effortto have the rendezvous conducted at HerringtonHarbor South (maybe North) and one of thereasons was keeping the Solomons group inmind. Plagued with what appeared to be abusiness void at that location, the Saturday nightevent was moved to the Pirates Cove inGalesville. As well, George and Dottie Pacharis,previous Nonsuch owners, hosted the Fridaynight event at their home just across the watersfrom the Pirates Cove.

Karen and I participated in the pizza party onFriday at Dottie and George’s lovely home on theWest River. Numerous pizza options wereavailable along with a delicious pasta salad.

There were other foods available that I neverreached but there was plenty for all. George andDottie owned “Fate” a Nonsuch 30 now ownedby Martha and Jim Cosgrove. As George says“we went to the dark side.” They now own abeautiful, big cruiser of some sort. If there is nomast I have difficulty describing the boats. There

were going to be at their home on Chalk Point, offthe West River in Galesville, and they graciouslyoffered to host us there, again, as they have severaltimes before. Jim put all the details together in littletime, and the September rendezvous he plannedwas a great success. There was no letter “I”hurricane, for one thing, the reception on thePacharis’ patio was just fantastic, and the sailingevent on Saturday and the dinner at “Pirates’Cove” restaurant that evening were wonderfulevents we all shared. We all owe a lot of thanks toGeorge and Dottie, to Jim for organizing therendezvous, to Jim Hauser for his steadfast launchservices to the anchored boats, and to all theparticipants attending by land as well as by sea.

Now to readdress the topic of the INARendezvous for 2016. While the attendees of theCBNA fall rendezvous socialized on the Pacharis’patio, we also discussed the potential awarding bythe INA of the honor of hosting this rendezvous onthe Bay. The conclusion of those assembled wasthat we should decline the honor – for a variety ofvery good reasons. At the same time howeverButch Garren decided to sound out the members ofthe Solomons flotilla (The Arctic Cats) about hostingthe 2016 fall CBNA rendezvous, with the additionalidea of extending an invitation to all otherNonsuchers from outside the Bay. I can report toyou that plans for just such a rendezvous arealready well underway, and you can see somedetails about that elsewhere in this newsletter, aswell as on the INA website. Much more on that tofollow, for sure, and please give serious thought toattending the rendezvous and especially offeringyour ideas and help to Solomon Nonsuchers.

Finally, we are making plans for a mid-wintermembership planning luncheon again in theAnnapolis area. The tentative date, which is all butfixed for certain, is February 20, 2016. We willmeet in a restaurant in Annapolis that offers quiet orprivacy, or both, and ample parking as well. Staytuned.

Have a wonderful Fall and Holiday Season, andsee you in Annapolis in February!


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were about 25 people in attendance and it was abeautiful scene to see the Nonsuch vesselsanchored right in front of the Pacharis home.Weather was perfect and the camaraderie wasexcellent. Commodore Ed Cook conducted ashort meeting. Last year’s Solomons’ rendezvousis still a subject. A favorable one at that.Discussion regarding the repeat of doing a wintermeeting took place. Suggestion was that it shouldtake place in February in the Annapolis area.Further, it needs to be at a location where

we can have a reasonable amount of quiet toconduct business. At that meeting, the locationsof the spring and fall rendezvous’ will bediscussed. The main purpose of the wintermeeting is simply to mingle and mix with oneanother with a common subject mattersurrounded with food and drink. We reviewed therequest from the INA hierarchy that CBNAconsider hosting the 2016 internationalrendezvous. The result of that in-depthconversation was that there is not enough time toput one together and form a crack team. It wasalso felt that a yacht club of some sort is betterequipped to host something of this nature. Therewas no doubt that the thought of a rendezvous inthe Chesapeake would be fantastic and that we dohave a lot of talented people, there was just notenough time. Commodore Ed Cook was advisedto contact INA president Thor Powell immediatelyto advise him that we will not be hosting the 2016international rendezvous.

More September Rendezvous ...

Mary, Karen, Butch and Ed

The committee agrees ...

Commodore Ed on deck.

CBNA Official Launch Service


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On Saturday Karen and I arrived at the PiratesCove and socialized with a number of the CBNAmembers out on the deck of the restaurant. Fromthere we could see the Nonsuch vessels at anchor aswell as the Pacharis home. What a beautiful viewon a beautiful evening. Quite enjoyable andrelaxing. We had a great meal and service was

Karen, Shobha, et al on the deck at Pirates Cove

superb. Martha and Jim did a great joborganizing the whole event. Again, CommodoreEd spoke and thanked George, Dottie, Marthaand Jim for all their work to see that thisrendezvous took place.

During the evening it was hinted at least fourtimes that people would like to have anotherrendezvous at Solomons. See “FantasticRendezvous Planned” on page 5.

Raft Up

Rendezvous “Racing”

Umm, pretty sure Thomas Point Light is out there ...

Two sheets to the wind?Committee boat


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Fantast ic Rendezvous Planned !By Butch Garren

Mark your 2016 calenders now for anotherfantastic rendezvous in Solomons! CBNA's springrendezvous has yet to be planned, but theNonsuch skippers of Solomons have generouslyoffered to organize and host next year's fallrendezvous. Member turnout was high for the lastrendezvous in Solomons and by all accounts it wasa smashing success in terms of fun. Unbelievableas it may seem, the next Solomons rendezvouspromises to be even bigger and better! Becausethe INA will not be sponsoring an internationalrendezvous in the U.S. next year (it may beorganizing an event in Halifax), the CBNAdecided to reach out to all Nonsuch sailors andinvite them to participate in the fun at Solomons.Accordingly, the following notice will appear in thenext edition of the INA Update.

The Chesapeake Bay Nonsuch Association(CBNA) cordially invites interested INA membersto attend our 2016 Fall rendezvous beingorganized by the famous Nonsuch skippers ofSolomons, Maryland. An historic waterfronttown, Solomons is a located where the PatuxentRiver enters Chesapeake Bay, about 1.5 hourssouth of Annapolis, Maryland by car and aboutthe same distance from Washington, DC. LocalCBNA skippers proclaim that Solomons is hometo the world’s largest fleet of Nonsuch 22s!

Solomons Superb Serene Sailing

We actually do not know if that’s true, but without adoubt Solomons offers a superb sailing location,especially in early Fall, and is the home port ofmany Nonsuches.

CBNA’s rendezvous is scheduled for Friday,September 16 through Sunday, September 18.Planning for the rendezvous is in the early stages,but events will likely include a pizza party on Friday,a group dinner at a local restaurant on Saturday,and a luncheon on Sunday. There will be informalsailing events on both Saturday and Sunday andgeneral Nonsuch camaraderie, fun and good timeson all three days. The main location will be at theSolomons Harbor Marina, a part of the Holiday Inn.For those coming by boat, the marina has 18 slipswith electricity and 3 slips without electricityavailable. In addition, there is a well protectedanchorage in front of the marina. The hotel willoffer discounted room rates for individuals whoprefer to drive rather than sail to the event. TheCalvert Marine Museum, with its screwpilelighthouse and many fine exhibits, is a short fiveminute walk from the marina.

We hope you can join us and experience thebeauty of the Chesapeake and the friendlyhospitality of CBNA sailors. Mark your calendarsand look for additional details on the forum. TomJones (NS 22 # 12 Kit Kat) will be our Keep-You-Posted guy. Or contact Butch Garren (NS 22 # 30Whiskers) should you have any questions in themeantime: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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Nonsuches Knapp

The Solomons Nonsuch cruise to KnappsNarrows, as we called it, included:

Tom Jones, Nonsuch 22 — Could notparticipate as he was getting spine injections and hismother was very ill.

Al Rondina, Union 36 — Sailed solo.Ed Bahniuk , Nonsuch 26 — Crew: Butch

Garren and Scott GarrenAl Suydam, Nonsuch 22 — Sailed solo.Jim Hauser, Nonsuch 30 — Joined the group

at Knapps Narrows.Bi l l Duncan, Nonsuch 26 — Was to either sail

with us or meet us in the Choptank.We all had a great time. Al Rondina who had

the beautiful air conditioned Union 36 was a truepleasure to have in the group, fit in beautifully.

Jim Hauser single handed his NS 30 for theduration and was also a pleasure to have as part ofthe group.

Bill Duncan returning from the Southern bay wasplanning on joining us at Knapps Narrows for theChoptank cruise but had engine issues and lost acouple of days. I did communicate with him midcruise, but a violent storm forced him to ride it outin a hole at the Little Choptank. We rode it out at asmall marina in Cambridge. It was nasty, but allended well.

Al Suydam did very well with his NS 22.

Ed Bahniuk did extremely well on his firstcruise with his Nonsuch 26.

We had some really great sailing with winds inexcess of 15 mph while in the Choptank, but thetrip to and from Knapps Narrows was mostlymotoring. We were concerned about the returntrip due to the threat of storms; we beat them bya couple of hours.

There was some interest in doing anothercruise this September but everyone’s scheduleand other responsibilities got in the way.

This event will most likely take place again in2016 if anyone is interested. — Butch, reporter


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And the Winners Were ...At last year’s Solomons rendezvous, Barb and

Jim Hauser (NS 30 # 461) were the recipients of aone night’s stay at the Holiday Inn in Solomons as aresult of a drawing taken place during therendezvous Friday night festivities. They chose totake advantage of that this June 2, 2015. Their visitto Solomons, after checking in, started at themuseum where they met up with Butch Garren (NS22 # 30). After the lighthouse tour, Butch took themto meet up with Ed Bahniuk (NS 26 # 92) who isthe Captain on Record of the skipjack, “Dee of St.Marys.” Ed invited them on board and gave a talkregarding the “Dee.” Ed and Butch, bothvolunteers at the museum and members of thePatuxent Small Craft Guild (PSCG) took both Barband Jim for a tour in both the shop and outsidesites. Jim and Barb completed their afternooninside the museum. At 6:00, Barb and Jim joinedPete Green (NS 30 # 483), Nan and Al Suydam (NS22 # 43) along with Mary and Ed Bahniuk andKaren and Butch Garren at the local rib place called

Jim Barb and Ed inside the PSCG shop reviewinga build of a paddleboat that was popular in the

Chesapeake some decades ago.

Boomerangs. Boomerangs is where Ed, Mary,Nan, Al, Karen and Butch meet every Tuesdayevening for a rib dinner. It is called their Nonsuchmeeting. Although the plans for them to sail withButch that day failed due to terrible weather itappeared that they had a great day and will returnto Solomons for that sail.

— Butch Garren, corespondent

Great photo of Bill Duncan’s “Joss” at Solomons on the way tolower Chesapeake Bay single-handed cruise.


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On Board Skippers & Mates Nonsuch Sail Size Sailing Port

2015 Jim & Nancy Andrew ALEXANDER 137 30 Magothy River

2014 Ed & Mary Bahniuk CATASTIC 92 26 Solomons2007 Brooks Bridges & Maureen Farrell Alumni

2012 KO Barrett LITTLE WING 403 30U Herrington Harbor

1987 Dick & Delcy Barton PHAT 43324 26 Larimore Point, South R.

1997 Al Burke RAZZMATAZZ 370 30U Bush River

1989 Ed & Maria Charest FUNSUCH 191 26U Whitehall Creek

2003 Ed Cook CHAT-EAU 173 26 Middle River

2010 Jim & Martha Cosgrove FATE 343 30U West River2006 Rob Crooks Alumni

2012 David Darmstadter BLUE HERON 12 22 Solomons

2002 Allan & Marily DeWall CAT RAGEOUS 232 30U Wrightsville Beach, NC

1999 Mary Ellen & Jeff Dix FAIR WIND 514 30U South River

2004 Bill & Shobha Duncan JOSS 122 26 South River

2012 Carl Engel & Ann Stuchell EL FARO VERDE 169 30 Baltimore

1999 Bill & Janet Evans COMPANIONSHIP 465 30U Galesville

2010 Butch & Karen Garren WHISKERS 30 22 Solomons

2009 Ryan Gniazdowski ZU ZU’S PETAL 275 30 Cambridge

2010 Pete & Lynne Green UFFDA 483 30U Solomons

2013 Glenn & Marjorie Haggen JADE 198 26U Galesville

2008 Barb & Jim Hauser RAUCH 461 30U West River

2012 Tom Jones KIT KAT 23 22 Solomons

2004 Len & Trudy Keimes BANDERSNATCH II 156 26 Delaware River, NJ1996 Barbara O’Neill Life Member

2007 Mike & Rebecca Ostrow ARENDAR 40 36 South River1993 George & Dottie Pacharis Alumni

2010 Scott & Donna Paist PIU MOSSO 196 30 Rock Hall

1993 Bill Parker & Billy Jordon SWEETY 501 30 Deale2014 Dan Ryan CLYDE 26 Rock Hall

2008 Ed Strazzini MANATEE 503 30U Charlottesville, VA

2009 Alan & Nan Suydam REJOICE 43 22 Solomons

2010 Richard Uperti VENDETTA 71 354 Yankee Point, VA

2010 Phil & Mary Wagner SWELL 230 26U Clements Ck., Severn R.

2004 Roland Wood WENDY HAWK II 214 30 Chalk Point, Shadyside

1993 John & Elizabeth Zinner POLARIS 505 30 Podickory Point

CBNA MEMBERS & BOATS

Complete membership list — address, phone, email — is available: email Phil Wagner, [email protected].



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The CBNA newsletter is published each yearfor its members. Send letters, stories, photos, etc.,preferably by email, to editor Phil Wagner:[email protected], or by mail to 1714Westminster Way, Annapolis, MD 21401. You mayvisit the CBNA web pages at www.nonsuch.org ...look for us under Regional Associations.© Chesapeake Bay Nonsuch Association 2015.All rights reserved.

CBNA Commit tee, Credits& Connect ions

Commodore - Ed CookVice-Commodore - Jim Cosgrove

Treasurer - Jim Cosgrove

Newsletter - Phil WagnerPhotos - Butch Garren,

Phil WagnerBay / Nonsuch Logo - Ed Charest

INA - www.nonsuch.orgZazzle - www.zazzle.com/cbnastore

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2016 Winter RendezvousWatch for emailed details of CBNA’s

2nd Annual Winter Rendezvous luncheonbeing planned for February in Annapolis.

If you missed our 1st AWR at the BoatyardGrill last winter, you’ll surely want to attend

this time. A great time was enjoyed by all!

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