Welcome to VI South’s first club night of 2024!
Cresswell Walker and Irena Chmielowicz sailed from Vancouver to Australia in 2005 in their first boat, Conversations. Eighteen years, 50,000 nm, and 1 ½ times around the world later, they sailed from Puerto Vallarta for New York to hand over their dream boat to a dear friend.
“The Longest Goodbye” is the story of that delivery. Unfolding over 2 ½ years, it’s a tale that bridges COVID, the southwest Coast of Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Cost Rica, and a Pacific to Atlantic transit of the Panama Canal. Then the tale continues northeast against the Caribbean tradewinds to Colombia, Cuba, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, and on to Virginia Beach and finally to Montauk, New York on the eastern tip of Long Island.
It’s a tale of new sailing stories and old friends, and of closing a loop on a lifetime of sailing by returning 45 years later to where Cress discovered salt water and cruising, Long Island Sound!
Note: Payment is now required for virtual attendance via Zoom – see below [1]
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Hybrid Meeting Format : January 16, 2023
In-Person Attendees:
- Doors open at 7:00 and meeting starts at 7:30pm with presentation to immediately follow
- Cost: $5/Members, $10/Non-Members
Virtual Attendees:
- Register here [1] to purchase your virtual meeting ticket and receive the Zoom meeting invitation.
- Please note that you must be signed in to the BCA website to get the member price.
- Cost: Members – $5.00 per connected device; Non-Members – $10 per connected device.
- If you have any questions, please contact Dani [2].
Note : Due to the small cost of virtual tickets, and an equal or greater cost to BCA of issuing refunds, no refunds will be issued unless VI Chapter is unable to deliver the Club Night via Zoom. The Zoom room opens at 7 for social time, with the meeting at 7:30 and presentation immediately to follow.