Kirk Cusic at the Herreshoff Marine Museum is looking for sailing instructors to teach 5th graders sailing this Spring. Here is the email he sent me:

Hi Carter,
I hope you are well and looking forward to the spring! 
Can you put out the word to the Seasprite association to see if there is anyone who would be potentially interested in helping with the Sail Bristol Warren program this spring? The dates are a little up in the air right know but we are trying to lock them down based on instructor availability. I’m trying to get the program staffed currently 
Wanted! Sailing Instructors for Sail Bristol Warren: This opportunity is a short term. Mid May – mid June, Mon – Fri 9 – 12, Teaching sailing to 5^th grade students in the morning. $15 per hour. All 250 4^th grade students from the district come sailing for 4 weeks. Need 5-6 instructors daily. 

Give me a call if you have any questions.
Thanks -Kirk

Kirk Cusic

Education and Waterfront Director

Herreshoff Marine Museum/

America’s Cup Hall of Fame

One Burnside Street

Bristol RI 02809

401-396-5834

www.herreshoff.org

Give him a call or send him an email if this sounds good.

Carter

From John Holster in Rhode Island:

I decided this winter’s project would be to clean up the cabin and make more storage space for all of the stuff that one needs when setting out on even the shortest adventure.
First, the head had to go! Its placement made it near impossible to access anything ahead of the forward bulkhead. I never used the damn thing anyhow. So out it went along with the plumbing and storage bag which also ate up a lot of potential storage space under the port berth. In its place I made a removeable shelf/seat platform. 
Next I made another access point in the port berth forward of the aft bulkhead where the bag used to live which now opens up the whole port side berth area for storage and then made up two new caps for the top of the vertical berth panels. 
The last bit of construction was a 20″ wide cabinet with a drawer and shelf atop the starboard berth attached to the aft bulkhead.
All that done it was time for a fresh coat of George Kirby’s Sand color topside paint to replace the glaring white that was just too white no matter what time of day.
Now I’ll hopefully have room to sit in the cabin without having to compete with all of the stuff I’ve brought along.

+1

There is a whiff of Spring up here in New England. Today the temperature hit 48 and melted yesterday’s snow. One can almost hear the covers being taken off, the sanders and the grinders revving up, the varnish slurping in the can.

And, of course, with the whiff of Spring comes the wish for dues. Dues support the website, admin costs, a yearly donation to the Herreshoff Marine Museum Sailing School to help maintain their fleet of 5 SS23’s, and other SS sailing and racing activities. The Board Of Directors met last week, and voted to keep the annual dues steady at $25 .

Here is a link to the SSA website Membership section on how to join/renew your membership:

http://www.seaspriteassociation.com/membership/to-join-renew-membership/

Have a wonderful sailing season!!