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Annapolis Sailing Capital – 10 year Anniversary

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Dave “Chief” Trawick (Scribe of the Annapolis Sailing Capital Table) and his wife & Kristy just emailed new material to be posted in. the page. We also amended the recipe page. Please email us news and relevant info regarding your table. These additions are spectacular. Thank you!
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Celebration: Oct 13-15, 2023

We are grateful to our mentors Pete Chabot, John Craighill and Past National Table Captain, Charles Hankins in Investing the Sailing Capital Table and ushering us into establishment – 23 August 2013.

Since then, we have grown from six with Bob Howe Inducted posthumously to twelve and two Engages today.

Our Table has evolved into an active, yet informal, low-key Table with no distinct schedule outside of our monthly TAF get-togethers. We began and remained humble which humility comes directly from all the contacts the Sailing Capital Brothers have developed with other Tables, the true nexus of the Brotherhood. We strive to meet or exceed activities common with other Tables and intend to keep meeting and growing our size and bonds.

Ce n’est qu’un Au-Revoir, mes Frères…

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The Directory of Attendants to WorldZaf2023 is for ever stored in Santa Fe's Pescadore's Treasure Cave! — The Directory of Attendants to WorldZaf2023 is for ever stored in Santa Fe’s Pescadore’s Treasure Cave!

Audrey and Monty have the photos and slideshows on their SmugMug account. There are many of our Brothers and Captives who took the time and effort to send photos to make this great memory journey happen. Many expressed their appreciation for everyone’s efforts. The photos are to share with all Brothers worldwide. The photos are right click protected.

After clicking on a link you will see a page with multiple photos. You can page through the photos one at a time with the arrow on the right side of the individual photo. Below the group of photos are the page numbers. Use this to go to an individual page.

ALL WORLD ZAFS – 1ST THROUGH 10TH 1,055 PHOTOS https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-jsBHTh
TABLES BY YEAR – 1,443 PHOTOS https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-39KTzv
10TH WORLD ZAF – GALVESTON 2023 335 PHOTOS https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-mSLXd9

She is currently adding photos to the 10th World Zaf and is just about done. She can add more at any time if anyone wants to share the photos they took during the event. Many have been snagged off of Facebook…with permission mostly! 😁
If anyone wants a copy of a photo or some photos “suitable for framing”, 😎 they can contact Audrey via email at photonotionsbyarogers@gmail.com.

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Savannah: September 22, 2016

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American Legion – Registration
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Al, Bernard and Carol!

Look at this Gel Work!

Captain Meeting at the Savannah YC
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Islands evening
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Pendant offered for sale in the STORE page

Tybee beach: Bring your own Kite
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“Virgin” Bloody on the Beach

Some wedding ceremony masters enjoyed a hand carrying the seats

Beatiful Tybee

Not the official BOC, but quite impressive kite!

The BOC Official kite

She did not fly.

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Battle Dress Evening
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Breakfast at the Community Center

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The Savannah Zafarrancho almost here! Head Count !

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Zaf Reception and Dinner:
The first event will take place on Thursday, September 22, beginning at 5:30PM at the Tybee Island American Legion Hall, Post 154. The location is 10 Veterans Drive, Tybee Island, Georgia 31328. We will have registration materials for you, and the Legion is putting on a Fried Shrimp Dinner. The bar is available to you. Dinner is served between 5:30 and 7:30PM or until they run out.

We would like to let the American Legion know how much food to prepare. If you will eat dinner with us, please email me at jhbinga@bellsouth.net. Soon would be appreciated!

Zaf Sunday Breakfast: The Farewell Breakfast will be held at the “Tybee Island Community Center” (aka “The Guard House”). The address is 31 Van Horn Avenue, Tybee Island, GA. Breakfast will be served from 9:00AM until Noon on Sunday.

Please let us know your breakfast plans for Sunday. Send an email to me at jhbinga@bellsouth.net. Soon would be appreciated!

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New York in September

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As per their own account, Rob aka “Limey” and Holly Sanger’s trip to Long Island Sound has been fun and interesting. New York Table tried to organize a FlashZaf, but Neptune decided otherwise. They took “refuge” in Oyster Bay to sit out TS Hermine. They stripped off the jib, took off the dinghy outboard, tied down the main and mizzen sails and set two anchors, just in case. Big Hopper met them to share dinner but they were not be able to meet with the other Brothers since they have to sail south before Labor Day.

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The following Week End reunited nine brothers in Sag Harbor where Kathleen opened her summer house. On Saturday 10, we shared a hearty breakfast, and headed to town for the harbor fest. We visited the whalers museum, sailed the Typhoon 19′, navigated around Jessup Neck in the Chris Craft and gathered around the bond fire to cook marshmallows. Fun Week End!

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Tybee BYOK

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Reminder from John Byrne: in the announcement for the Savannah Zaf, the Kite Flying event will happen on Saturday afternoon. We will not be able to supply kites for those who are interested, hence a “BYOK” event. It should be fun. You probably won’t want to spend time at Walmart or similar. Check Amazon, LL Bean a shop in NYC that specializes…don’t forget the string and something to wind it around.
NLDR: Trying to make your own ?

As per Joe Citarella, there is one grocery store on Tybee that is somewhat of a ripoff (very small and expensive) – for those of you planning to eat in sometimes (eg, for breakfast, maybe grilling for dinner?), there are major chain stores about 15 minutes from Tybee – Publix is close and there is a farm stand worth looking at. Also AJ’s Dockside is all location and just OK on food (ate there) – there are better choices.

The day of the Captain’s Meeting would be a good one to explore Savannah – the River Walk is worth seeing – parking is tight so you will have to pay, although as we are there off-season it might not be too bad.

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Polish Brother’s Visit and News from Traveling U.S. Brothers.

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While the sun rays of summer painted our wake gold and spread silver glitter on the waves, the New York table held a mid-week Zaf in Greenwich, CT. Twenty four attendees made this an almost record turnout. Nice way to welcome special Polish guests Jerzy Demetraki-Pleolog (Flag #28) and his shipmate Anna. Sparks will drive them down south for multiple visits including the Solomons table. Stay tuned; this blog will follow their journey.
It was also with great pleasure that we “reconnected” with Mindaugas (Paul and Dawn Gudelis) who sailed their Malo 36 “Bubu” to St. Augustine, the Bahamas, Cuba and back to Stamford.

Let’s take this opportunity to highlight Preston ans Sherry’s Great Loop voyage on their new powercat… They blog on http://www.getjealous.com/sherryandpreston

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Tybee Island, Georgia Sept.22

For to go out cruisin’ round Cape Horn …

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Andrej Bienkowski – NY38 is a darn interesting Brother! It helps that he and his lovely Irene are throwing great Zafs such as the late brunch we shared this Sunday. We also enjoyed the healthy presence of “Rascal” who brilliantly went through a successful hip surgery process.
We all visited Andrej’s collection of Polish sabers, swords, stylets and cutlasses. We smelled his newly acquired “camphor wood” treasure chest. We looked at historical photographs of when he was boarded and “welcomed” by the US Coasts guards. This was when with four comrades,he had built a steel ketch and jumped the “liquid” iron curtain to escape socialist Poland.
We dug hard into his reserve of Vodka. And we raised a series of Orza’s to wish him fair winds and safe passage. Next Friday, Andrej is flying to Buenos Aires and Ushuaia. He will board a yawl to sail a double rounding of the Cape Horn. This seems to be a tradition and a “Rite od Passage” for our Polish friends. Among us was Andrej Gruszka who also had accomplished this feat a couple of years ago. We certainly will follow Andrej’s adventures in close to real time. We’ll try post AIS positions and maybe to relay some e-mail news!

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Gary and Helene Buckingham Flash Zaf

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Garry and Helene Buckingham from the Guernsey table visit New York at the tail end of their two and a half year, 18000 miles journey through Australia, New Zealand, Fiji , and North America. Before ending the trip with a big bang on the Queen Mary towards Southampton, they give the New York table a New Year’s Orza! Thanks to Kathleen for hosting this short notice Flash Zaf!

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NY Holiday Zaf

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Cruz, our national captain and captive Michele visited the big apple on their return from the German Geese Festival. Ina, barely off the plane from the same gathering, pulled off her usual organisational skills and culinary prowess for her traditional holiday zaf.

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NY Halloween Zaf 2015

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This October 24 was the long awaited date of gathering for most NY brothers.
… Dear Brothers: the website was updated by using WordPress as its main engine. Every table scribe should have received a user name and password that would enable him to post news related to his table. I have to say, I thought the process would have been more streamlined.
The site presents many many new and valuable enhancements, such as the capability to create photo galleries. It is however a bit circumvoluted process and I am still in the process to set up a clear, standard path for everyone to follow easily.

Enjoy and post your recent news and events!