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2011 Social Calendar
(Subject to change. Check back often for updates.)
Items in italics are for general information – not club functions.

Deadline for sign-up is the Wednesday before a Saturday event and Tuesday before the Thursday Night Lecture Series. Please use the sign-up sheets posted in the clubhouse or e-mail signup@obyc.org.

Items in red are tentative or unconfirmed. Check back for official scheduling.

Saturday, May 7 9 a.m. OPENING OF CLUBHOUSE
Volunteers Needed
Friay, May 13 6 a.m. FLOAT LAUNCHING
Volunteers Needed
Saturday, May 28 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. PRIVATE EVENT
Saturday, June 11 5 p.m.
OPENING SOCIAL HOUR
Bring your favorite appetizer
Saturday, June 18 9 a.m. LAUNCHING AFSS SAILBOATS
Volunteers Needed
Wednesdays
June 21 - August 31
6 p.m. WEDNESDAY BINGO
Bring something to grill and something to share (e.g. salad, dessert), as well as an inexpensive Bingo prize wrapped in your most creative manner. Great fun for all ages!
Thursday, June 23 7 p.m. BOOK GROUP #1
Colony by Ann Rivers Siddons
Saturday, June 25

5:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
BLESSING OF THE FLEET DINNER & WELCOME TO OBYC NEW MEMBER NIGHT
Social hour
Blessing of the Fleet - The Rev. Al Niese
Dinner - Bring your favorite dish
Welcome to OBYC New Member Presentation – open to all members
Weekdays

June 27 - August 19
June 27 - August 5
August 1 - August 5


9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
ABBOT FLETCHER SAILING SCHOOL
Classes held in Ted & Conny Barker Room
Beginner/Intermediate classes
Opti/420 Racing classes
Adult Sailing Class
Thursday, June 30
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
LECTURE SERIES #1
Pre-Lecture Potluck Dinner
"Basstravaganza" Presented by Kurt Muroki, Doublebass Teacher at the Bowdoin International Music Festival
Saturday, July 2 8 - 10 a.m. AFSS BREAKFAST FUND-RAISER
Open to the public.
Saturday, July 2
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
JULY SAILING SERIES #1
Skippers' Meeting
Race
Tuesday, July 5 10 p.m. FIREWORKS FROM COOK'S LOBSTER HOUSE
(Rain Date: July 7)
Thursday, July 7 7 p.m. BOOK GROUP #2
Luke's Dream by Brain Daniels
Saturday, July 9 10 a.m. - noon SAILING SCHOOL FAMILIARIZATION CLASS
Required instruction for using OBYC Sailing School boats. Open to all members and their families. Donations requested for instructors.
Saturday, July 9
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
JULY SAILING SERIES #2
Skippers' Meeting
Race
Saturday, July 9

5 p.m.
6 p.m.
COMMODORE'S DINNER DANCE
For adult members and guests
Social Hour
Dinner
- Catered by "Un-Fork-Edible"
Music by The Coronados
Cost: TBD
Thursday, July 14
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
LECTURE SERIES #2
Pre-Lecture Potluck Dinner
"Photojournalism" Presented by world-reknown photographer Bob Freson
Saturday, July 16
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
JULY SAILING SERIES #3
Skippers' Meeting
Race
Thursday, July 21 7 p.m. BOOK GROUP #3
Tragedy in Casco Bay by Stacy Welner AND your choice of one of the The Bait Barrel Kids and Other Maine Tales by Gareth S. Anderson
Saturday, July 23   HARPSWELL FESTIVAL - George Mitchell Field, Harpswell
Saturday, July 23
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
JULY SAILING SERIES #4
Skippers' Meeting
Race
Saturday, July 23
2 p.m.

5 p.m.
6 p.m.
FAMILY DAY CIRCUS TIME
Registration for field and water games – Bring bathing suits & towels
Social hour
Dinner
provided
Music by Royal River Music Band Calliope
Thurday, July 28
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
LECTURE SERIES #3
Pre-Lecture Potluck Dinner
"How Do You Get Here From There: Steamboats and Bridges to Orr's and Bailey Islands" Presented by local historian Jim Millinger
Friday, July 29 7 p.m. Game Night
Bring a game to share. Pizza and snacks provided.
Saturday, July 30
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
JULY SAILING SERIES #5
Skippers' Meeting
Race
Sunday, July 31
5 p.m.
JULY SAILING SERIES AWARD CELEBRATION
Social Hour - Bring an appetizer
Monday - Friday
August 1-5
4:30 - 7:30 p.m.

AFSS ADULT SAILING CLASS

Wednesday, August 3 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. ORR'S ISLAND LIBRARY FAIR
Support your local library!
Thursday, August 4 7 p.m. BOOK GROUP #4
To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed by Alix Kates Shulman
Saturday, August 6
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
ANNUAL LOBSTER BAKE
Social hour
Dinner
Cost: TBD
Music by Pianist Len Orsini
Sunday, August 7 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. PRIVATE EVENT
Thursday, August 11
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
LECTURE SERIES #4
Pre-Lecture Potluck Dinner
"Stories from the Frontline of the Battle of Hunger" Presented by OBYC member Bettina Luescher, Chief Spokesperson, United Nations World Food Programme
Saturday, August 13 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. PRIVATE EVENT - Wedding
Saturday, August 13 - Sunday, August 14   ORR'S & BAILEY ISLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT YARD SALE & AUCTION
Fire Barn, Orr's Island
Thursday, August 18 7 p.m. BOOK GROUP #5
The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier by Colin Woodard
Saturday, August 20 10 a.m.
OBYC ANNUAL MEETING at Clubhouse
Saturday, August 20
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
FOOD STATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Social hour
Dinner
- Sign-up to bring a dish to share from Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean, Northern Europe or South America
Saturday, August 27 Noon - 9 p.m. PRIVATE EVENT
Thursday, September 8 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. PRIVATE EVENT
Saturday, September 24

5 p.m.
6 p.m.
EARLY AUTUMN DINNER GATHERING (with BOWDOIN SINGERS)
Social hour
Dinner
- Bring a dish to share
Saturday, October 8

4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
HARVEST DINNER GATHERING AND FLARE DEMONSTRATION
Flare Demo - Bring your old flares to dispose of
Social hour
Homemade Soups provided
- Bring a salad, hearty bread, or dessert to share
TBD
7:30 a.m. REMOVAL OF FLOATS
Volunteers Needed
Saturday, December 3 4 - 6 p.m. OBYC HOLIDAY PARTY
Bring an appetizer

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