2011 Pirate Bay Regatta

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Hello again all lovers of Mahone Bay, or as Scabby Dan would tell yer ‘Pirate Bay’.

This is a gentle ‘Pirate’ reminder that our FIRST BIG DAY for the ’2011 Pirate Bay Regatta’ is closing in, and we have to make it count!
This is the meeting to assemble and organise the committee for this years Festival.

So, Scabby Dan say’s; Make sure yer all get’s yer scurvey bums into the Mahone Bay Center on Saturday 15th January at 7.00pm.
We need’s to get together a rollickin’ good crew to get stuck into establishin’ the legend of ‘Pirate Bay’ in this ‘ere town forever.
We’s already ‘ad a good start with some Low Life Pirate Sea Dogs volunteering their services. Now all we needs is sum brains an’ this whole crew could be dangerous an’ unstoppable.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTO’S FROM THE 2010 REGATTA AND PIRATE DAY’S (courtesy of Win Seaton) ON.
http://allswellproductions.wordpress.com/

Photos are also in Flickr for the Pirate Days in 2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allswellproductions

ALSO SEE THE POSTER ATTACHED. CLICK HERE TO PRINT IT!
If you can print it out and display it in your stores, homes, vehicles or where-ever, we would be most grateful.

PLEASE ALSO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

Thank you all in advance for your enthusiasm for this wonderful up-coming event.
Dave Brum.

Notice of Race- to all Yacht Clubs

Sponsored by Mount Gay Rum.

Mount Gay Rum caps (embroidered with Mahone Bay Regatta 2010)  for all participating boats!

To: Fleet Captains and Race Program Coordinators

From: Race Director, Mahone Bay Regatta

Please find attached the Notice of Race and Race Registration Form for the first annual Mahone Bay Regatta.  Following in the footsteps of the sadly now defunct MAhone Bay Classic Boat Festival we are please to continue the legacy of the event with this Regatta and Pirate Days events (for the land lubbers in your support crew) in the Town of Mahone Bay.

The Regatta is a low-key competition for the more cruising-oriented sailors and is sponsored by Mount Gay Rum.  Racing will occur over two days in the islands adjacent to the Town.  We also have a second inshore race course around the harbour traditionally competed for by small open sail-craft and racing dinghies.

Further information can be found on our website www.mahonebayregatta.wordpress.com or in the contacts listed in the Notice Of Race.

Gregg Little, Race Director

Notice of Race- Rules and Regs- CLICK TO PRINT

Boat Registration- Races- CLICK TO PRINT

Mount Gay were sponsors of the Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival in 2009.

Crane in day

Saturday May 15, 2010 is crane in day at the Mahone Bay Civic Marina. Finally the boats go back in the water with the help of a huge crane- quite the site to see! Crane in starts around 9 am until all the boats are in around mid-afternoon.

If you are interested in a seasonal, monthly, weekly or even daily mooring please click here

About the Mahone Bay Civic Marina

The Mahone Bay Civic Marina is located on the main wharf in the Town of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia – N 44 26 88 W 063 22 45.

The marina facility is operated by the Mahone Bay Wooden Boat Society under an agreement with the Town of Mahone Bay.

The marina is operated as a not-for-profit entity that provides services to boaters choosing to focus their boating activities in Mahone Bay. The marina is self-supported by fees paid by boaters for a range of services they receive.

The full range of marina services with an attendant on duty is offered from the Canada Day weekend (July 1) through the Labour Day weekend. Mooring and marina berths are available from mid May thru mid-October.

The marina offers moorings – seasonal, monthly or overnight – and a limited number of marina berths. In addition the marina offers a launch/recovery ramp, dinghy wharf, tender service, pumpout, washrooms, showers, wireless internet. There is also an opportunity to store boats out of water in the off-season at the marina.

Next meeting of the Mahone Bay Regatta Crew is on Thursday June 3. 7:00 pm

at the Mahone Bay Center . PLEASE JOIN US!

Regatta Meeting May 6, 2010

The Mahone Bay Regatta Committee meeting was held last night and the turnout was fantastic. Some of those attending had been with the committee at the inaugural meeting but the there were many new faces in the crowd. And in every case the enthusiasm for the regatta was amazing. If we maintain that level of commitment, the overwhelming success of the regatta is assured.

The reports from the various Coordinators were encouraging. There is much work being done and key details are being identified and actioned. The races, the workshops and of course the Pirate Days theme are all well
underway. And other events are pending the commitment of more committee members…maybe you??

And we can always use the help of others. If you are interested to work with one of the groups, please contact us at info@mahonebayregatta.ca

ARRRRR!!!!

Dave Devenne
Chairman

Letter from the chairman

Finally, spring is here and everywhere there are signs that the Mahone Bay Regatta is really going to happen. The planning committee has met and the volunteers are eagerly and enthusiastically working to make the Mahone Bay Regatta the best event to celebrate the boating life that has ever been staged here. Many of the activities in the Regatta are those which were popular with visitors to the former festival. There will be boats, boats, and more boats; boats on the wharf; boats at the docks; boats on moorings; boats racing; boats orienteering – just lots of boats.

And there will be plenty of activities for the people on the boats and landlubbers alike to become involved in over the course of the Regatta. We currently have the most extensive venue of lectures and workshops that we have ever had. Boatyard tours, marine shop tours, hands-on workshops at the Mahone Bay center, presentations by a world class sailors as well as builders of world class boat models. And we will host the first Mahone Bay Regatta Art Gallery Show and Sale also at the Mahone Bay Center.

And then there is Pirate Day – scheduled for Saturday July the 31. This is shaping up to be the most exciting event of the entire weekend. It’s a chance for everyone – boaters, townsfolk, visitors, parents, children – everyone to get involved. There will be a workshop for children to help them put together a pirate costume. There will be prizes awarded for the costumes judged to be the best. The Burning of the Teazer will be the highlight of the event and will feature the involvements of the Kings Orange Rangers and two Royal Navy Longboat crews. All will ensure the Teazer goes to Davy Jones’ locker in a fiery explosion!!!! The team organizing the Pirate Day has some other activities up their Privateer’s sleeve but you’ll have to come to Mahone Bay to see what they are…Arrr Matey.

The town of Mahone Bay is waiting to welcome you. The shops and restaurants are there for you to shop or dine. You’ll find entertainment at a number of locations throughout the town as well at the town wharf. You may even spy a roving gang of Pirates (pardon Privateers) in the town trying to liberate some booty from the shopkeepers.

Mark your calendar now! Set sail for the Mahone Bay Regatta July 30 to August 1. If you have sea water running in your veins, the Regatta weekend may make it run cold.

If you are interested to join the team that will produce the Mahone Bay Regatta plan to drop by for our next meeting on Thursday, May 6 at the Mahone Monday center.

See you at the Regatta during the Midsummer long weekend.

Dave Devenne, Mahone Bay Regatta Chairperson

Next meeting of the Mahone Bay Regatta Crew is on Thursday, June 3 at 7:00 pm at the Mahone Bay Center . PLEASE JOIN US!

Thanks for linking to us

In the interests of tourism to the South Shore, it is always good for communities to work together. Not only do we have some spectacular and interesting festivals and events on the South Shore of Nova Scotia but our towns are delightful, and we have an abundance of beautiful and comfortable accommodations, restaurants, cafe’s and pubs to share with our visitors.

If you are interested in promoting the South Shore of Nova Scotia as a welcoming and friendly destination, feel free to place a link to the www.mahonebayregatta.ca on your website, send us the link to your page and we will do the same, right here on our front page, left column.

Thank you Rayport Campgrounds for their link- you have sent us several visitors this week. We appreciate your support!

Next meeting of the Mahone Bay Regatta Crew is on Thursday June 3. 7:00 pm

at the Mahone Bay Center . PLEASE JOIN US!

Treasure in Mahone Bay

Not only has Mahone Bay been a treasure since 1754 but during the Mahone Bay Regatta, you will now be able to hunt and win real treasure from the shops & stores in Mahone Bay.

In previous years, the beautiful shops in Mahone Bay have supported a fundraising silent auction for the Mahone Bay Wooden Boat Society ( the society the Mahone Bay Regatta is part of) by donating treasures from their stores. This year, things will be a little different.  As there is a pirate theme to this years celebrations, we are organizing a TREASURE HUNT.

Thank you to the merchants in town who have already committed to this….!

Our thousands of visitors will now have the chance to hunt for their very own treasure in participating shops throughout town. You will be encouraged to drop in to our wonderful stores, select your desired treasures, mark them down on your treasure map and return them to our treasure chest. One winner will be selected at random and that lucky winner wins everything on their treasure map!

For shops and stores wishing to participate in the Mahone Bay Regatta Treasure Hunt CLICK HERE