LAKE MONROE SAILING ASSOCIATION

GREETINGS LMSA WITCHES AND GHOULS!
This Halloween, Saturday October 31st, come out on Lake Monroe in your ghoul-ship and prepare for an afternoon of sportsmanship and partying! With an entry fee of one pumpkin pie to share, you will be eligible to win one of the most coveted LMSA awards ever presented! The three equally-weighted factors used in determining the recipient of this award are: THE PUMPKIN RACE, THE BEST DRESSED BOAT/CREW and THE BEST GHASTLY HALLOWEEN STORY.
THE PUMPKIN RACE: This will involve exchanging the pumpkin-head you are given from the Ghost Ship with at least one other boat. The object is to sail around two of the numbered Manatee Marks based on the numbered pumpkin-head you have on-board during that rounding. You will want to think through the rules presented below, because it will be the most dastardly ghoul-ship that comes out ahead.
THE BEST DRESSED BOAT/CREW: The intent here is to somehow appear “Halloweenish”. It may be how the boat is decked out or how the crew is dressed or presents themselves. This determination will be made when you first approach the Ghost Ship to get your pumpkin-head.
THE BEST PRESENTED GHASTLY HALLOWEEN STORY: Sometime after dusk, each ghoul-ship will be asked to present a scary two to five minute Halloween story to the rafted up boats. This may be a simple reading or an acted-out skit. The amount of effort that you have put into this will most likely determine the points you receive.
SO….. seek out the ghastly Ghost Ship anytime after 1500 hours. It will be anchored approximately 2 miles due north of Marina Isle at N 29 51 by W 081 16. It could well be to your advantage to not be the last one there!
1. When you (under sail) hail the Ghost Ship to “GIVE UP YER BOOTY!”, a randomly selected Halloween pumpkin-head with a number on it will be tossed to you. That number indicates the Manatee Mark that you must sail around….(unless you have exchanged pumpkin-heads before you get there!)
2. Whenever a boat is hailed from within (approximately) three of her boat-lengths, and told to “SLACK YER SHEETS!” it MUST immediately stop sailing and exchange pumpkin-heads. It is up to the requesting ghoul-ship, however, to make the approach for the pumpkin-head exchange. A seaman-like exchange will be best served, as it neither boat may continue sailing until both pumpkins have been successfully exchanged.
3. You may exchange pumpkin-heads once with as many different ghoul-ships as you like. This may occur any time after you have received your pumpkin-head from the Ghost Ship, up until the time you have successfully rounded your second Manatee Mark.
4. The pumpkin-head you have on-board when you round the second Manatee Mark is then returned directly to the Ghost Ship, and your corrected elapsed time calculated.
You are now welcome to raft up, share your goodies and pumpkin pie, and let your Happy Hours begin.
If there is insufficient wind to sail, come out and participate under power. If the weather is particularly nasty, we will most likely convene on Wolfies’ porch. In any event, come looking a little scarier than you normally are, but be sure to have a scary story to tell… and hope you don’t have to walk-the-plank!

Please RSVP to Byron (email: mertland@gmail.com, phone 732.674.3180) or DJ at (email: dj@usailflorida.com, phone 407.921.7755). We need to know how many pumpkin heads there will be....
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