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A Brief Background of the Blue Water Sailing Club and Our Activities

Founded in 1959, the BWSC pursues safe boating, cruising, racing, and good fellowship among sailors all year round. BWSC is a virtual club with no permanent clubhouse or dock, but is more active than many yacht clubs, sponsoring a wealth of events all year. Currently, our membership includes more than 175 boats from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New York, Connecticut, Chesapeake Bay and Florida. Volunteerism is the lifeblood of our organization as all of our events are run by our members.

Our educational programs are far-ranging and well-attended. Recent seminars include:

bulletElectronics
bulletMedical emergencies at sea
bulletOffshore cruising
bulletPreparing to live aboard
bulletCouples cruising
bulletRunning and standing rigging
bulletSail trim
bulletWeather
bulletDiesel Care

Social events include a ski weekend, a Spring Dinner and a Fall Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, in which cruising friends reunite over cocktails and dinner. Participants and race winners are honored at that time and a new Board of Governors is welcomed.

We have organized charter flotillas at destinations in such faraway places as Turkey, the BVI's, France, Croatia and Greece. Every third or fourth year, Club members head up to Canadian waters for more remote cruising.

Each year we sponsor an all woman's cruise, a cruise along the south shore of New England, a down east cruise, plus smaller regattas at every holiday weekend through Columbus Day. In addition, we have informal rendezvous throughout the season to supplement the planned events. Club racing is present at almost every on-the-water event.

BWSC is one of the three clubs founding the Marion-Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race, and has been an active sponsor since the first race in 1977

BWSC Racing ranges from casual to hotly contested events. Blue Water tends to be well represented at offshore events such as the Halifax Race and the Marion to Bermuda Race. Our members are frequently found in the Caribbean and are always ready to extend a warm welcome to fellow yachtsmen.

 

 

 

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