Chesapeake Bristol Club

........ .... Next Event: Wye Island Memorial Day.......See Details and RSVP info below......... .

Wye Island Registration Details

The following preliminary information is from Randy and Warnar Gilles:

Subject: Wye River Memorial Day Weekend Event Registration is now open and online
---------------------------- Please Register As Soon as You Can

Hello everyone -- the EYC chair for the Wye River weekend, Donna Clapp, just announced the opening of online registration for the event!

Here are two links:
1, An event description webpage.

https://www.eastportyc.org/wye-island

2. Registration and Payment webpage

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/k3r343s

(In the section labelled "Club Affiliation" please enter: CBC - Chesapeake Bristol Club)

We hope you are able to register as soon as possible to help the planners get a good head count.

Please note: there will be NO signup at WYE River -- must be registered prior to the event using the above link.

One small change event change, EYC has arranged with Red, Hot, and Blue to cater the Sunday afternoon meal. From Donna: "Please let your folks know the Red, Hot, and Blue menu is in-progress and will be awesome!! "

We're looking forward to having a great weekend. Please register as soon as you can.

Thanks !!

Randy and Warna Gillies

CBC's 2026 Preseason Lunch
at the Point Crab House & Grill

Welcome to CBC

Bristol sailboats on the Chesapeake Bay is the Club’s nostalgic heritage and building our Bristol fleet continues to be a Club goal. Membership is open to all who enjoy sailing or listening to old salts spinning yarns. The CBC is a social and sailing club with no clubhouse, a year-around calendar of events, and cost of membership is minimal. To be a member you don’t have to own a Bristol (or any boat). Dues are still only $45 per year. We would welcome the opportunity to introduce you to CBC members and answer questions you may have. Cruise the CBC website (www.cbclub.info) to view the calendar, our club log, joining details, RSVP to join us on any events during the year. Use the email link on the “Joining” page to reach Membership Director Rebecca Burka.

2026 Preliminary Calendar

CBC Facebook

2026 Membership Rewal Form

CBC's 2026 Preseason Brunch

To Log Writeup

CBC's 2026 Cabin Fever Escape Lunch

Ice Boating and Ice breaking in Maryland

During lunch, a video was shown about ice boating in Maryland, To view this video,
(click on} Racing the Wind on Maryland’s Ice Boats!

With the severe cold conditions this year, Maryland's Kent Narrows ice breaker was at work.
(click on) Breaking the Ice

For history about ice boating, here is a video of ice boating on the Hudson river.
(click on} Fastest Vehicles on Earth

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Here is a home-built ice boat. Originally the steering was in the stern . However, gusts of wind caused the boat to frequently weathervane, The boat was altered to forward steering to eliminate the problem.
(picture courtesy of Ted Reinhold)