When I took on the reasonability of the blog, I thought of what I would write to start it off. I came up with “the first thing I would like to do is”, Then I realized there were some many”first things”. Of course I would be remiss without thanking Brother Upwind-Peter Dennant- for keeping the blog up when Brise Galets, the blog founder, went a sailin’.
I think the most important first thing to do is to welcome you, the reader, back to the blog and tell you a little about what I hope to accomplish.
So what is that?
This Blog is about the
Brothers of the Chesapeake Bay Table, not just about what we did at the last
Tip a Few but who and what we are. Our Brothers
are active; we interact with each other away from Brotherhood events; although
we always say that when two or more Brothers are together we are having an event, most have boats
and use them often during the season. We
even have Brothers and their Captives living the life; cruising. We travel to other tables near and far to
commune with our Brothers and we relish the times they visit us.
So I guess I would like to
use this blog to promote Brotherhood Spirit through the Spirit of the Brothers
of the Chesapeake Bay Table.
So, what has been happening
at the Chesapeake Bay Table since we last wrote? A lot!
Since the 2011 Raftarancho we
have enjoyed 17 Tip a Fews, 3 raft ups, another Raftarancho with the Solomon’s
Table. We hosted the 2012 Nation Zaf with 144 attendees, inducted 3 new
Brothers, and many of our number have traveled to other tables, both nationally
and international. I thought I would
spend some time talking about the past events however that would take up a lot
of space, so let’s just say we’ve been busy.
And start afresh. As always in the winter things in the Southern Chesapeake Bay slow down. Our boats are tied to their slips for the cold winter storms (with the exception of those cruising in the warmer climes), although if you find yourself at one of the marinas will surly trip over some of us just hanging out.
However, Brothers like to trip over each other on a regular basis. So, this last January Brothers and Captives got together at Boogieman’s-Sam and Carol Morgan- for a wonderful evening. Carol served up delicious gumbo, while other provided appetizers and desserts; a warm time on a chilly winter night.
The Tip a Fews for February seems to have all
been down in the Bahamas. You read
correctly, that’s what I said. A number
of tip a fews were held between Marsh Harbor and Rum cay. These involved the boats and crews of
Hampshire Rose, Limey-Rob and Holly Sanger,
Casual Class, Bluestash-Stew and Diana Kaufman, Blue Moon, Rocket
Boy-Preston and Cherrie Carraway, Pappy Jovial, Brise Galets and Karen, and
yours truly Piper (crewing on Pappy Jovial.
March Found us at a brothers
only meeting hosted by one of our newest Brothers, Broad Reach-Larry Bryant, at
his humble abode. As he lives on the
water front it was almost as good as being on the water. After a time of pizza, beer, and business,
Broad Reach showed us his latest hot rod for us to drool over. I don’t think that counts as envying his
motor. Does it?
Brothers at sea:Although some of our cruising Brothers and Captives have web sites, I thought that I would try to keep you informed of their travels. Of course this is where they were at my time of writing and they may not be there at your time of reading, but that’s OK.
Bluestash and Diana- Marsh
Harbor
Limey and Holly-Marsh Harbor
Rocket Boy and Cherrie-Last
heard was just North of Savannah Ga. Heading north
Brise Galets and Karen-
Anguilla
Thought of the
Month:
Something I would like to do
each month is give you something Brotherhood related to think about. Please give it more than a passing
thought. I would be interested to hear
YOUR thoughts on these matters. If you
write me I will publish your responses, if you would rather not be published I
can write up your discussions and present them.
This is your Blog, feel free to
join in the conversation.
This Month’s thought:
What is the
Brotherhood?Many times while we are out as a group I hear people ask Brothers this question. What would your answer be? What is the Brotherhood to you, personally?
