25-40 cm / 10-15 in of snow fell the night before in Toronto and across the region. In spite of this, many who had registered still made it!

The morning of the meeting . . . Andrea Behrend drove over 130 km / 80 mi from Niagara-on-the-Lake! Pat & Judy Faux drove over 50 km / 30 mi from Burlington. Arthur Langley & Linda Gray drove over 160 km / 100 mi from Collingwood on Georgian Bay.

Ed Botterell drove in from Mississauga and pushed a kid, who was blocking the only road to the club, out of a snowbank !


Attended: 33 crew from 21 boats . . .

Bruce & Linda Anderson - KANIK 30U 286
Maurice Anderson - THE WHITE CAT 30 - /4 - LIFE MEMBER
Andrea Behrend - MINOU 26C 27
Ed Botterell - Doyle / Botts Sails - LIFE MEMBER
Cameron Bourne - BROADWAY 30U 486
Doug Caldwell - NANABOZHO 30U 353
Jim Chamberlain & Rowley Clark - BOO KNOWS 26C 201
Paul Chandler - THE ENLIGHTENMENT 30U 338
Chris & Carole Copeland - EASY STREET 30U 306
Art & Karin Digout - WEENIN 26C 39
Pat & Judy Faux - JAKE-ALOO 30C 132
Jon & Pat Frenke - MERMAID III 30U 379
John Grainger - HOPE & GLORY 33
Tom Hand - CATSPAW 26C 12
Dave Harris & Penny Caldwell - Harris & Ellis Yachts - LIFE MEMBER
Valerie Hughes & Cornell Gill - KNOTTY LADY 30C 187
Brian Knoll - ON LOCATION 30U 436
Arthur Langley & Linda Gray - JUNO 30C 12
Sylvie Lavoie & Bill King - Snowy PLOVER 26C 31
Paul Lewis - THE EMPRESS of Amherstburg 26C 165
Walter Mills - CHESTER 30U 293
Jim Sandham - MARISA III 30U 263
Ian Shaw - UNICORN III 30C 21
Greg Wardle - IT'S ALL GOOD 26C 157

Snowed out: 10 crew from 10 boats
Aileen Anderson - THE WHITE CAT 30 - /4
Barry Boyack - NONSUCH 30 KC1
John Cousens - FOREVER HOURS 30U
Emma Gregg - MARISA III 30U 263
Roger Lambert - SAFARI NORTH 26C 105
John Newell - MASCOUCHE 26C 1
Stan Piotrowski - CHRISTASHA 30C 18
George Powell - KATUNA 30C 83
Ken Robertson - CORVUS 30C 216
Jo-Anne Shaw - UNICORN III 30C 21

Mimico Cruising Club members were our hosts last March.

This year, John Cousens FOREVER HOURS 30U 302 . . . Chris Guth MINI 22 34 . . . Mick Horner & Marly Kadak NONSENSE 26C 148 . . . Roger & Donna Lambert SAFARI NORTH 26C 105 . . . Jon & Janis Matthews EVENSONG II 30U 266 . . . are our Nonsuch and member hosts at the . . .

NATIONAL YACHT CLUB
http://www.thenyc.com/vr/
1 Stadium Road, Toronto, ON - 416.260.8686 - getting there . . .
http://www.thenyc.com/about/map.htm


SPECIAL GUESTS:
Ed Botterell - Dave Harris - Jim Sandham


Regrets & Best Wishes to all (21 crew, 11 boats) :

Tony & Louise Anderson - ELEPHANT 30 KC2
Walter & Coulthard - KINDRED SPIRIT 26C 118
Frank & Lisa DiGiovanni - CAPPELLA III 40 4
Mick Horner & Marly Kadak - NONSENSE 26C 148
Bob & Margaret Jenkins - GOOD NEWS 30U 323
Sharon Lehnert - MY DETOUR 30C 23
Elizabeth & William Lytle - KITTIWAKE 26U 255
Ian Mang & Linda Robinson - LA BALENA 30U 473
Jon & Janis Matthews - EVENSONG 30U 266
Jonathon & Rosemary Oliver - MANX 260 9
Murray & Shelly Poizner - MALC SHEL LEE 30? ???
Mike Quill - Mike Quill Yacht Rigging


09:00 am Coffee CHART ROOM on 1st Floor

09:30 am First Seminar - Dave Harris presents GERIATRIC NONSUCH EXTENDICARE . . . The Care & Feeding of Your Aging Nonsuch !


11:00 am Election of 2008 Flotilla, Fleet, and Great Lakes Officers

11:30 am Social Hour

12:30 pm Luncheon DINING ROOM Upper Lounge on 2nd Floor
- 2008 season Calendar plus any suggestions to be added
- BOTTS will share some THOTTS
- Langley will offer info re the Canals and Hudson River for those considering the trip this year

02:30 pm Second Seminar - Jim Sandham presents DOWN & UP . . . THE ST. LAWRENCE (invaluable for those going to Quebec this year!)

04:00 pm Adjourn


$ 30 per person, if Great Lakes Nonsuch Boat Dues are already or are donated with your registration

$ 40 per person otherwise

add $5 per person for registrations made after March 3

TO REGISTER: send e-mail with FULL names of each attendee and boat name (if any) to Bill King . . . waking@iname.com
You will receive a PayPal e-mail invoice from Great Lakes Nonsuch, which you pay with by credit card . . . if you cannot do this, get someone (a Nonsuch friend? your Flotilla Captain?) to PayPal for you and you reimburse them. Do not ask this of BILL or ARTHUR ! :)

SIGNIFICANT EXTRA COST TO SEND YOUR PAYMENT BY CHEQUE !

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