Commodore’s Rally

Venue Cherbourg 27th – 28th May

Come and enjoy a good sail and a fun time at the Commodore’s Rally. Compete for the Commodore’s Harken “By any Means” Trophy and prizes of Harken products. The 2017 Commodore’s Rally will be to Cherbourg Marina (Port Chantereyne) from Saturday 27th.May to Sunday the 28th May. The plan is for participants to arrive by midday on the 27th May, get together socially in the afternoon with a party on board or on the Pontoon early evening. This will be followed by a dinner at the Marina (Port Chantereyne) Restaurant. Boats will then depart, or stay as long as they wish, on the Sunday.

Members are invited to complete for the Commodore’s Harken Trophy and special prizes, which will be presented at the dinner. This competition will be a light hearted affair since boats will be coming from all directions so no set course is possible. Also the weather will be fickle, it always is when you do not want it to be, so the plan is for boat owners to take their time over a specific distance that is no less than 40 nautical miles and may travel by any means, sail, motor etc., but they must have at least one sail deployed over part of the timed distance. This time will then be divided by a factor depending on the waterline length so that there some levelling between boat sizes. The whole idea is to make the weekend fun, add some interest but not make it too serious. MOA members are all honourable people, so times and distances and sail deployment times will be logged by the owner and submitted to the Commodore.

Port Chantereyne offers a 20% discount on its normal fees for all MOA with the presentation of your membership card, so please bring it with you. If you can attend, and I hope that as many as possible will be able to, then please let me know as soon as possible so that I may confirm the numbers with the Marina. I will be sending the menu choices and costs for the dinner as soon as I receive it from the Marina.

If you can come, please let me know at: commodore@moodyowners.org