Ahoy Ye Mariners All,
Well it happened. Great change has taken place. Oh and we elected a new President too. The change I am speaking of is the one on the South Street Waterfront.
We bid a fond adieu to Valerie Shaffer who served as Pioneer’s Deckhand this season. Valerie is off to explore the wild world of film production and do something that so few of us venture to try; working in the same field as our college degree. Shifting over from across the slip, both literally and figuratively is Alexis Buckley formally of the S.S.V. (Sexy Sailing Vixen) Lettie G. Howard who will be toiling away on and under the decks of the “Schooner That Loves You Back!”. Also joining the rank and rasp of the Pioneer this winter as the Grand Puba of Winter Maintenance will be the Big Talarski once the Lettie’s winter crew arrive in the coming weeks. I could tell you who that might be, but I need the fodder for future e-mails.
This leads me to the heart of the matter, what’s on tap for this weekend:
(sung to the tune of the Safety Dance)
Carry spars if you want to
and if you don’t you can carry them too
Under the shed we’re peeling up paint
it’s a really fun thing to do
There’s always schlepping
from the Lettie G.
To the places that we store our stuff
under lock and key
Maintenance dance
Maintenance dance
Put your Carhartts on
Maintenance dance
Maintenance dance
At 11 Car Talks on!
If it’s nice we’ll be painting
And if it rains we’ll hide away
In the t’ween decks of the mighty Peking
we can toil all day
There is organizing
putting things in their place
No trips to find what we don’t have
No wasting time or space
Maintenance dance
Maintenance dance
Bring a friend along
Maintenance dance
Maintenance dance
That’s the end of my song
DETAILS:
Time: 0830-1700
Location: Car Float
Dress: For Success (clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty or worse)
What: WINTER MAINTENANCE!
