This Weekend at ELISSA/TSM

Maintenance: varnish yards, E3, deckhouse doors, and focslehead deck break. Paint E3. Run running rigging for Main topgallant and prep yard and mast for sending aloft. Touch up paint on hull. Service repair and tarring aloft. Put up Dickens/Christmas decorations. Sand and paint fence. Lay bricks in driveway. Clean up office closet. Bring back wagon, stage, and Dickens booth and repair or touch up paint. Work on crafts for Dickens.

"Gift for ELISSA funmuster" is Saturday November 22. Let me know by Wednesday if you are coming so that we can plan food. Spouses and significant others are welcome. Contributions toward the new lower topsail can be made payable to TSM. There will be envelopes in the workshop for your donation. Write your name on it so that everyone can be acknowledged. I'll get a piece of sail cloth to list the names of everyone who contributes. We'll make it into a display and/or incorporate it into the weather cloth of the sail. Any level of contribution is welcome, but we'll need an average of $30 from all crew to cover the cost of a new sail.

Seamanship Training. The review sheet for Saturday's test is posted on the yahoo group. There will be a study group on board ELISSA Friday at 6:00 (bring money for pizza and drinks) and Greg will host one in Clear Lake on Friday evening. Charlie W. will host a study group at a restaurant or pub in central Houston on Wednesday or Friday. Email Charlie at elissa1877@gmail.com for details (note, that's not an official Elissa email address, although it looks like one).

John Schaumburg
Waterfront Manager