Bristol Yacht Club steward Chris Healy accepts our Sea Sprite burgee and prepares to hang it in the bar area of the Bristol Yacht Club.
If you are interested in purchasing a Sea Sprite burgee for your boat or yacht club, you can contact the following source:
The Sailbag Lady
155 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT 06443
(203) 245-8238
Seasons Greetings to All Sea Sprite Sailors
On November 21, the Sea Sprite Assocation held its annual meeting at the Bristol Yacht Club. The meeting was attended by SS 23 and SS 40 boat owners. It was an excellent opportunity to talk about all things Sea Sprite.
With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays upon us, I want to urge you embrace the season of giving. And, one of the cheapest gifts you can give yourself is to renew your annual membership to our Assocation. For $25.00, you can support our cause and enable yourself to get a discount from a variety of sailing vendors. Joining (or rejoining) the Association is simple. Just go to the top of our website page and click on the membership link. Please do it now. 2026 is just around the corner.
As acting commodore, my goal this year is to keep you abreast of the latest SS developments. For example, we have already locked in our Annual SS Regatta date (July 18) and the Annual Race Around Hog Island date (September 12). We will have more contact with you throughout the new year. Let us know what things might interest you.
Fondly,
Bob Rude, Acting Commodore
From Commodore Bob Rude:
Greeting fellow Sea Sprite sailors. Most of us have started to lay our boats up for the off season but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to think about sailing.
In that regard, we are writing to inform you that we are planning on holding our annual meeting on Friday, November 21 at 6:30 co-hosted by the Bristol Yacht Club. There will be a meal served by the BYC…a full buffet, with BYC members as well as SS sailors. The full meal is $30.00 and there is a great bar at the club. The menu includes pork tenderloin, roasted vegtables, an Apple Waldorf Salad with poppy seed dressing, and an apple crisp dessert. The dinners are usually outstanding.
After the meal, the SS sailors will be provided with a room to hold their annual meeting.
I’m reaching out to you at this point to know if you and your crew would be interested in attending the meeting. In addition to talking about the 2026 sailing season, it would also be an opportunity to discuss boat-related issues, annual dues, and other things that interest you. Even better, it’s a chance to talk to other Sea Sprite sailors.
Please let me know if you might attend and if you have any agenda items that should be included. Send your response to Rrude1@me.com. Dom Messerli and I will put the evening plans into play.
Also note that you must register online for the dinner. The deadline is November 19 at 8:00 PM. You can register by going to the Bristol Yacht Club website using this link:
https://www.bristolyc.com/events/tgif-buffet
Smooth Sailing,
Bob and Dom